Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

Ancient wolves lived with people on tiny Baltic island. Their bones show shared food and long contact that hints at early wolf management.

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia. Domesticated species are the plants and animals that have evolved to live ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have unveiled that the feline companions of ancient China were not the domestic cats ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

Authorities have lifted a warning to stay out of forests near Utrecht, Netherlands, after DNA tests confirmed a wolf shot ...

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