The First Pup: A 14,200-Year-Old Dog

One of the first universally agreed upon domestic dogs in the archaeological record dates to 14,200 years ago from Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany. This means that dogs were domesticated before any other plant or animal and that they've been by our side for every major human development since agriculture. I think it shows that we have a truly special connection!

References:

Abbott, Frank Frost. Society and Politics in Ancient Rome Essays and Sketch. Biblo & Tannen Publishers, 1909.

Janssens, Luc, Liane Giemsch, Ralf Schmitz, Martin Street, Stefan Van Dongen, and Philippe Crombé. “A New Look at an Old Dog: Bonn-Oberkassel Reconsidered.” Journal of Archaeological Science 92 (April 1, 2018): 126–38.

Street, Martin, Hannes Napierala, and Luc Janssens. “The Late Paleolithic Dog from Bonn-Oberkassel in Context.” The Late Glacial Burial from Oberkassel Revisited. Darmstadt: Verlag Phillip von Zabern. p, 2015, 253–74.

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