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Dogs

Explore dogs from uncertain domestication through Ice Age diversity, working partnerships and ancient DNA.

Primary topic: Nature & the Universe

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Scope of this guide

A selective history of domestic dogs and their relationships with people. Domestication is unresolved; fossil ages, institutional dates and research announcements are kept distinct. Not a complete breed catalogue.

Actual source-review status

8 completed · 0 partial · 0 pending chapter reviews in this subject.

The factual audit is unfinished. These counts come from recorded chapter reviews, not legacy “reviewed” wording, confidence labels or image checks. A completed source review retains scientific and historical uncertainty.

Key chapters

  1. Date of domestication unresolved

    From wolves to dogs →

    Dogs share wolf ancestry, but their domestication has no securely identified starting place or year.

    Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
  2. About 15,800 years ago

    An ancient dog at Pınarbaşı →

    DNA identifies a dog living with hunter-gatherers in what is now Türkiye.

    Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
  3. 1931

    Britain's first guide-dog partnerships →

    Four dogs begin a programme that develops into a major assistance-dog charity.

    Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.
  4. 25 March 2026

    Ancient DNA revises the oldest record →

    Newly identified Ice Age dogs show why the origin story remains open to revision.

    Chapter source review completed: 2026-10-12 · Codex expansion source review. Scientific uncertainty is retained in the evidence note.

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