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Scientists identify the world's first known dog, which pushes back the animals' genetic record by about 5,000 years

Dogs have been man’s best friend for a long, long time. The beloved animals were living alongside humans in western Eurasia around 14,000 to 16,000 years ago—before humans developed ...

Man's oldest friend: Dogs have been around for over 15,000 years, genetic study shows

The dog, descended from an ancient wolf population separate from modern wolves, was the first animal domesticated by people, ...

Europe’s first domesticated dogs arrived over 3,000 years earlier than we thought

Geneticists are pushing back the timeline of when people first domesticated dogs in Europe. Using the DNA from over 200 ...

Humans domesticated dogs before they learned farming, new study finds

According to researchers, modern dog genetic lineages must have been established by the Upper Palaeolithic, the final phase of the Old Stone Age, between 50,000 and 10,000 BP (Before Present). During ...
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Dogs have been living with humans since the last Ice Age, much longer than previously believed

Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.
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Alabai dogs, the great Central Asian shepherds

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New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from

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