What Dogs Tell Us About Ancient Civilisations | Ancient Architects

Not many people know that the domestication of dogs actually pre-dates agriculture and current evidence, from the study canine ancestral lineages, suggests the dog was first domesticated between 18,800 and 32,100 years ago. Their incredible natural abilities would of course aided humans through difficult times like the Ice Age, for example in hunting, and then in agricultural ways such as herding or guarding domesticated animals, pest control around harvested food supplies and so on. Dogs would have been man’s and woman’s best friends ever since they were domesticated. They aided survival and offered companionship just like they do today and the study of ancient dog remains may be able to help us understand our own past.