A 16,000-year bond: dogs woven into human life across Eurasia
TL;DR
Two Nature-published studies using ancient DNA and archaeology show dogs were living with humans across Eurasia by at least 16,000 years ago, with the Pınarbaşı dog in central Turkey (~15,800 years) buried with people and sharing food, and related dogs at Gough’s Cave in Britain (~14,300 years); later, dogs from Turkey interbred with European dogs brought by farmers about 8,500 years ago rather than replacing existing lineages, revealing a long, mobile, and deeply integrated relationship between dogs and humans before farming.
- Ancient bones show dogs have been woven into human life for nearly 16,000 years The Conversation
- Dogs were widely distributed across western Eurasia during the Palaeolithic Nature
- Jaw bone shows dogs were pets earlier than thought Yahoo
- Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms The New York Times
- New research uncovers more of the story of man’s best friend The Economist
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