Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

Ancient wolves found on a human-occupied Baltic island reveal unexpected and complex forms of prehistoric human-animal interaction. Researchers have uncovered wolf remains dating back thousands of ...

So, is the Siberian Husky a wolf? The answer is a resounding no. While they may look and sometimes act like their wild ...

Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that have lingered from ...

Marcel Ravidat, an 18-year-old student, was exploring the woods in Montignac in Dordogne, southern France, when his dog named ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

Historians once believed human beings created dogs by catching wolf pups and breeding the tamest ones together, but that would have been risky business. Wolves don’t tame easily, and it would have ...

The Xoloitzcuintli, also known as the Xolo or Mexican Hairless Dog, is a breed that has fascinated dog lovers and historians ...

Relations between dogs and people are so normal and pervasive as to pass almost unregarded. Yet viewed objectively, this ...