Ancient DNA from dogs and wolves has been analyzed to build a picture of when dogs were domesticated and how they evolved ...

Two new studies suggest that genetically stable dogs were living among humans in Europe by about 14,000 years ago.

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

Humans and dogs have shared a loyal bond since the dawn of domestication, yet the specific when, where, and why of their evolution from grey wolves has long been a mystery. However, new ...

Learn how DNA from 14,200-year-old dogs shows they lived in Europe before farming and traces their ancestry to eastern wolves.

The discovery of the oldest ever dog DNA suggests they have been our best friends for nearly 16,000 years – 5,000 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. From their wolf ancestors to today’s sweet, loyal ...

Watch a wolf documentary for a few minutes, then look at a French Bulldog snoring on someone’s couch. It almost feels impossible that they share the same ancestry. And yet they do. Every Chihuahua, ...

Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware — they probably have some wolf in them. That is the discovery announced on Monday by U.S. scientists, who were surprised to ...

The remarkable surge in genetic technology has now allowed us to look at dogs and dog breeds in a whole new way. We can not only determine the wild canine ancestral species from which our dogs were ...