According to a new study, humans domesticated dogs thousands of years earlier than thought. Analysis of the bones of these animals in Alaska shows that humans and dogs lived together much earlier than previously thought (around 10,000 BC), the Daily Mail writes.
Traces of salmon protein were found in the animals’ bones; This suggests that dogs regularly ate fish that must have been caught by humans, a sign of domestication.
Researchers at the University of Arizona discovered a 12,000-year-old, wolf-sized lower leg bone from an adult dog at the archaeological site of Swan Point, about 70 miles southeast of Fairbanks.
This ancient dog lived at the end of the Ice Age; This suggests that Alaska Natives developed a relationship with dogs about 2,000 years earlier than previous research has shown. Scientists believe the found leg bone helped establish the earliest known close connections between humans and dogs.
Additionally, during a recent excavation at Hollembeek Hill south of Delta Junction, the team discovered an 8,100-year-old dog jaw, providing evidence of the continued presence of domestic dogs in human settlements.
Previously, scientists discovered a “missing” man in Asia with an abnormally large skull. Read the details here.
Source: People Talk
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