The enduring and profound connection between canines and human beings runs deep, and now research has revealed that it may go back even further than previously thought. According to a new ancient DNA ...

Dogs were likely domesticated more than 14,000 years ago, a new study published this week found. In the largest study of canine remains to date, researchers from 17 institutions, including ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a canine jawbone in a cave in southern England suggests that dogs were domesticated 5,000 years earlier than ...

The origins of how dogs became man's best friend across large swaths of the globe are becoming more clear. Dogs may have been widely distributed throughout western Eurasia at least 14,200 years ago, ...

A new study published in Animal Cognition suggests that while dogs appear more affectionate and submissive than wolves during greetings with humans, these differences may not be solely due to ...

A new study genetically shows dogs existed almost 5,000 years earlier than scientists could prove.