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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dogs have been man’s best friend for a long, long time. The beloved animals were living alongside humans in western Eurasia around 14,000 to 16,000 years ago—before humans developed ...

A new study published in the journal Nature suggests that man's best friend lived alongside humans far earlier than previously believed. The study was detailed in a University College London (UCL) ...

For years, scientists could only genetically prove that the first dogs existed about 10,000 years ago, but perhaps they were just barking up the wrong prehistoric tree. ANDERS BERGSTROM: We have ...

The gray wolf, also called the timber wolf, is the largest member of the canine family with fur ranging from gray to brown, black or white. Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology ...