Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

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Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

Many dog owners may not be surprised to learn that most dogs still carry some wolf DNA in their genomes. Domestication has ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

Genetic elements called Mavericks that have some viral features could be responsible for the large-scale smuggling of DNA between species. Biologists have understood the broad contours of the rules of ...

New studies of canine genetics shed light on the diversity of dogs and our longstanding, still-evolving relationship to them.

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