Humans have been hanging out with dogs for even longer than we thought

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

Dogs have been our companions for 15,800 years, study finds

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

Dogs became man's best friend far earlier than thought, scientists find

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

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

Scientists think dogs descended from an ancient population of gray wolves somewhere in Europe or Asia. Tens of thousands of ...
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Ancient DNA reveals Europe’s first dogs came from eastern wolves — not local ones

Learn how DNA from 14,200-year-old dogs shows they lived in Europe before farming and traces their ancestry to eastern wolves ...