A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.

Living alongside humans changed both how dogs behave and how they look. Research shows that domestic dogs developed a small ...

Humans and dogs have shared a loyal bond since the dawn of domestication, yet the specific when, where, and why of their ...

According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase ...

Wolves became dogs via cooperation and reciprocity rather than through competition with humans "I wrote this book to remind people that the wolves we often demonize and persecute through wildlife ...

What’s furry, cute, and may have ancestral ties to ancient wolves? Possibly, your dog. Researchers at the New York-based American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

Research suggests hunter-gatherers were feeding dogs and giving them ritual burials as early as the last ice age ...