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

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

Using the oldest dog genes studied so far, scientists are finding more evidence that our furry friends have been our ...

The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chihuahuas have about 0.2 percent wolf ancestry, according to a new study. While that chihuahua might seem about as similar to a ...

They examined ancient genes from the remains of over 200 dogs and wolves. The oldest dated back to about 15,800 years ago, ...

Remains on a small island in the Baltic Sea suggest that humans kept and cared for wolves for thousands of years before they domesticated dogs. Archaeologists unearthed two 3,000 to 5,000-year-old ...