Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms

2026-03-25 16:00 • ;Emily Anthes
New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.
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