Evidence of domestication of dogs during Paleolithic period found

Monday, October 10, 2011 - 10:02 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists working in the Czech Republic have unearthed what appears to be evidence of the domestication of dogs, from a period much earlier than has been previously thought. In a paper published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, the team, comprised of Mietje Germonpréa, Martina Lázničková-Galetováb and Mikhail V. Sablinc, from Belgium, the Czech Republic and Russia respectively, say that they’ve found the remains of three dogs from the Paleolithic period, one of which had been buried with a large bone in its mouth.

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