Dogs already had much smaller brains than wolves 5,000 years ago, suggesting that life in early farming villages reshaped ...

Many dog breeds are noted for their personalities and behavioral traits, from the distinctive vocalizations of huskies to the herding of border collies. People have worked to identify the genes ...

The bond between humans and dogs didn’t start recently; it goes back at least 15,000 years, long before cities, before written history, before most of what we call “modern life.” And yet, when you ...

Dogs vs humans. Who's better?

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago. Two new genetic analyses combed the archaeological record for domestic dogs ...