Prehistoric wolf remains found on a Baltic island suggest that humans cared for wolves thousands of years before dogs fully emerged, according to a new study. Archaeologists found the remains, dated ...

Two studies published in Nature on March 25, 2026, have extracted and analyzed ancient DNA from more than 200 dog and wolf ...

The close relationship between humans and dogs has been ongoing for more than 14,000 years, a new study has discovered.

The story of how dogs transitioned from wild predators to humanity’s most loyal companions is a tale that spans tens of thousands of years. While the full details are still shrouded in mystery, ...

Paleolithic humans domesticate dogs and spread them across Eurasia Ancient DNA shows dogs accompanied hunter‑gatherers across ...

Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.

One dog, known from bones found at the Pinarbasi rock shelter site in Turkey used by ancient human hunter-gatherers, is about ...

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

Study reveals how urban wolf behavior adapts to human environments through flexible fear responses and rapid learning.

Wolves became dogs via cooperation and reciprocity rather than through competition with humans "I wrote this book to remind people that the wolves we often demonize and persecute through wildlife ...

There is ever-growing global interest in the nature and effects of human-nonhuman interactions (anthrozoology) in all sorts of situations, and it's not at all surprising to learn that humans ...