An international group of 81 scientists published in the journal Nature a tightly argued, detailed case for dogs having originated in at least two places before the Last Glacial Maximum around 28,000 ...

Dogs today come in all shapes and sizes, but scientists believe they evolved from just a handful of wolves tamed by humans living in or near China less than 15,000 years ago. It looks as if 95% of ...

Jonica Newby: What would you think if you opened a leading journal and there was a big apology from scientists. Oh, sorry, you know that whole out of Africa origin of the human race thing, we've made ...

Robyn Williams: There's a fair chance that if we hadn't put our science, our technology and our art all together civilisation would have been impossible to create. One depended on the other and that ...

They're known as man's best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — "dog" — is also a great linguistic mystery. "The most everyday, commonplace words ...

No-one doubts that "man's best friend" is an evolutionary off-shoot of the grey wolf, but scientists have long argued over the precise timing and location for their emergence. The new research, based ...

They’re known as man’s best friends, fur babies, pooches. But the most widely used word for these beloved animals — “dog” — is also a great linguistic mystery. “The most everyday, commonplace words ...