A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.
When were dogs born? A new study sought to finally answer that age-old, burning ...
One dog, known from bones found at the Pinarbasi rock shelter site in Turkey used by ancient human hunter-gatherers, is about ...
A bioarchaeologist is a scientist who combines biology, the study of life, with archaeology, the study of human history ...
Researchers believed they evolved from grey wolves during the last Ice Age, but dog remains discovered at Gough’s Cave in ...
Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.
Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.
(THE CONVERSATION) Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that ...
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 ...