Ancient DNA Including Wolves Preserved in the Permafrost Suggests Dog Domestication, Diversification Started 40,000 Years Ago

Medicine & Technology Jun 30, 2022

In a new study, researchers investigate the origin of modern dogs, suggesting that domestication started 40,000 years ago. Read and learn more about wolves.

Shepherds By Nature? Missing Dog Found Days Later Herding Sheep

Jun 14, 2021

Tilly was a family dog who has been missing since she was thrown off the rear window following a car accident. After searching for two whole days, his family found him on a farm herding flocks of sheep.

Unearthed Ancient Bear Remains Are Actually the Oldest Domesticated Dog Fragments in the Americas

Feb 24, 2021

Earlier believed to be bear remains, DNA evidence shows that PP-00128 is the oldest evidence of domesticated dogs dating back to the last Ice Age. Together with man, dogs made their way from Eurasia to the Americas.

Dog Domestication Begun Because of Leftovers

Jan 07, 2021

Dietary restrictions hold the key to dog domestication during the paleolithic era.

Best Friends For Ages: Tracking the Partnership of Dogs and Humans

Oct 30, 2020

When dogs were still wolves, an unlikely bond formed between them and our human ancestors.

How Centuries of Domestication Have Changed Dog Breeds

Aug 10, 2020

Below are some examples of how centuries of domestication have changed these dog breeds.

Ancient DNA Shows Dogs Split from Wolves Much Earlier than Previous Estimates

May 23, 2015

The long relationship between humans and dogs has just been pushed back by tens of thousands of years, thanks to a small piece of rib bone found during an expedition to the far northern reaches of Siberia. And the genetics show that dogs split from wolves much earlier than we once believed.