Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.

Evidence of some of the earliest dogs has been identified at two University of Liverpool/British Institute at Ankara archaeological excavation projects in central Anatolia, Turkey. Shedding new light ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have ...

Genetic analysis of canid remains from a rock shelter in central Türkiye has identified what researchers describe as the earliest known domestic dog, dating to approximately 15,800 years ago. The ...