Stone Age canine skeleton hints at advanced early courting with pets

An “extremely rare” 16,000-year-old dog skeleton from southern France gives proof that Stone Age people cared for his or her pets – despite the fact that the animal used to be additionally most definitely killed by way of people.

“It is feasible that the individual obtained [its] injuries from being beaten or struck by people,” says Loukas Koungoulos on the University of Western Australia, who used to be now not concerned within the research of the skeleton.

The specimen used to be came upon in a French cave referred to as Baume Traucade in 2021 by way of a bunch of spelunkers.