Ancient Dog Skull Shows Early Pet Domestication   National Geographic - August 19, 2011
33,000-year-old fossil suggests dogs arose in multiple places, study says.

Ancient dog skull unearthed in Siberia   BBC - August 3, 2011
very well-preserved 33,000 year old canine skull from a cave in the Siberian Altai mountains shows some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication ever found. But the specimen raises doubts about early man's loyalty to his new best friend as times got tough.

Oldest Domesticated Dog in Americas Found - Was Human Food   National Geographic - January 19, 2011
People in North America were breeding and eating domestic dogs as early as 9,400 years ago, according to new analysis of a bone fragment discovered in a Texas cave. Scientists were able to identify the bone about the size of an adult's pinkie nail as a piece of the right occipital condyle of a canine. Occiptal condyles are parts of vertebrate skulls where the skull meets the spine. Genetic tests later proved that the bone comes from a dog and not a wolf, coyote, or fox.

World's first dog lived 31,700 years ago, ate big   MSNBC - October 17, 2008

An international team of scientists has just identified what they believe is the world's first known dog, which was a large and toothy canine that lived 31,700 years ago and subsisted on a diet of horse, musk ox and reindeer, according to a new study. The discovery could push back the date for the earliest dog by 17,700 years, since the second oldest known dog, found in Russia, dates to 14,000 years ago. Remains for the older prehistoric dog, which were excavated at Goyet Cave in Belgium, suggest to the researchers that the Aurignacian people of Europe from the Upper Paleolithic period first domesticated dogs. Fine jewelry and tools, often decorated with depictions of big game animals, characterize this culture.