Two studies published in Nature report that domestic dogs lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across western Eurasia as early as 15,800 years ago, pushing back the genetic confirmation of dog ...

Two companion papers published in Nature have identified the oldest genomes ever recovered from domestic dogs, tracing a single ancestral population that spread across western Eurasia between 18,500 ...

The close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered. Researchers have uncovered evidence that dogs were living alongside humans ...

The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature’s most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. By uncovering the ...

Two studies report the oldest dog genomes ever to be sequenced, representing leaps in scientists’ understanding of the animal’s origins. Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding is in the Department of Birds and ...