People in Britain are so lucky. Confirmed through jawbone DNA, they have lived with good boys and girls for about 15,000 years, which is thousands more than farm animals and cats and pushes back the dog evolution from wolf ancestors by about 5k years

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Dogs were man's best friend far earlier than thought - scientists

A jawbone found in a Somerset cave rewrites the story of when and how dogs became our best friends.