Scientists have confirmed using full genome analysis that dogs were already living as human companions over 14,000 years ago.

A new genetic study published in Nature has traced the earliest known domestic dogs back 15,800 years, offering the oldest ...

New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another. By Emily Anthes In the waning days of the ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...