Prehistoric Pet Dog Buried 6,000 Years Ago is the Earliest Proof of Domestication

Apr 15, 2021 03:01 PM EDT
Archaeologists have found 6,000-year-old bones from a pet dog nearby the human remnants of its keeper at a burial site in Saudi Arabia. The remnants may be the earliest instance of dog domestication in the area, dating to about 1,000 years earlier than previous findings.
(Photo : Brett Sayles)
Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) 
The team of international researchers dug up the bones of the dog in 2018 after discovering the burial site in satellite imagery, as part of a large-scale archaeological survey by the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), which is a Saudi archaeology program with the dedication to preserve and develop historical sites in the Arabain Peninsula. 

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