New Evidence of the Earliest Domestic Dogs in the Americas

摘要: The domestication of dogs probably occurred in Eurasia by 16,000 years ago, with the initial peopling Americas likely happening around same time. Dogs were long thought to have accompanied first migrations into Americas, but conclusive evidence for Paleoindian is lacking. direct dating two from Koster site (Greene Co., Illinois) and a newly-described dog Stilwell II (Pike between 10,190-9630 cal BP represents earliest domestic individual burials worldwide archaeological record. ~6,000 year discrepancy timing human migration domesticated suggests either earlier are going unseen or unidentified arrived later subsequent migration.