"These dogs were nothing like our modern day Chihuahua, but the close relationship we have with our dogs today almost certainly extended back 15,000 years ago."
"The cost of feeding these dogs would have been high, so the fact they persisted alongside humans means they were likely of great importance - whether that be as guards, hunting animals, or like today, as companions."
"The first clue that the Gough's Cave bones belonged to dogs came from their unusually small size - particularly striking compared with the exceptionally large wolves of the time."
"DNA now confirms they were dogs, pushing back the earliest direct evidence for dogs by more than 5,000 years."
A recent study reveals that dogs were domesticated in Britain over 14,300 years ago, based on a jawbone found in Somerset. DNA analysis confirmed the fossil belonged to a dog, not a wolf, marking the earliest evidence of dog domestication in the UK. This discovery suggests that the bond between humans and dogs has existed for millennia. The dogs from this period resembled wolves and were likely treated as companions, indicating their significant role in human society during the Late Upper Palaeolithic.
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