Oldest Dog DNA Found, Revealing 14,200-Year Bond with Humans

0:00On March 25, scientists have uncovered the oldest dog DNA yet, showing that dogs have been our faithful companions for at least 14,200 years. Using a new technique to pull clean genetic material from ancient remains, two studies in the journal Nature trace early dogs back to gray walls in, Europe or Asia, where they grew less aggressive around humans. These ancient pups spread across Western Europe and Siberia, living alongside nomadic hunter gatherers long before farming to cold. Unlike human genes, which shifted with ways of migrants from southwest Asia during the rise of agriculture, dog genes stayed pretty steady, shaped, more by exchanges between early human groups. Researchers think these first dogs look like smaller wolves and might have guarded camps, join hunts, or played with kids, but plenty of questions. Remain about their exact origins and daily lives, highlighting a bond that's lasted through the ages. But that's your update from Global News Today, powered by AI.

1:00I'm Corey, with the story.