Scientists Identify the World’s First Known Dog

Smithsonian – Which Pushes Back the Animals’ Genetic Record by About 5,000 Years. “…The beloved animals were living alongside humans in western Eurasia around 14,000 to 16,000 years ago—before humans developed agriculture—according to two studies published in the journal Nature on March 25. The findings push back the earliest genetic evidence of a domesticated canine by about ...