Long before written history, early families moving across Eurasia kept dogs close as companions and helpers. A sweeping new study offers the clearest evidence yet that the history of dogs is ...

As human groups migrated and settled across Holocene Eurasia, dogs often traveled with them, researchers report in a new genomic study – and sometimes dogs were traded among populations. The study ...

From folktales to epics dogs appear again and again beside humanity. Long before modern science explained canine behaviour or ...

It might sometimes feel hard to believe when you're looking at a Chihuahua in a cushy dog bed or a golden retriever in a yellow raincoat and boots, but domestic dogs - yes, all domestic dogs - are the ...

A genomic study shows that over the last 10,000 years, diverse Eurasian cultures kept and spread genetically distinct dog populations. Dogs have been part of human societies across Eurasia for at ...

Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images Dogs were the first of any species that ...

Animals played a significant role in ancient Greek life, initially for practical use and gradually extending beyond that.

(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 ...