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.
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Oldest known dog extends the genetic history of our canine companions

The remains of dogs from more than 14,000 years ago have been found in Turkey and the UK, revealing that domesticated animals ...
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Humans had dogs much earlier than thought

Long before humans planted their first crops, they were apparently feeding something else: dogs. Two new DNA studies in Nature push the earliest confirmed dogs in Europe and Western Asia back to at ...