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Dogs lived and died with humans 10,000 years ago in the Americas
Science News ^ | April 16, 2018 | Bruce Bower

Posted on 04/17/2018 5:40:02 AM PDT by C19fan

A trio of dogs buried at two ancient human sites in Illinois lived around 10,000 years ago, making them the oldest known domesticated canines in the Americas.

Radiocarbon dating of the dogs’ bones shows they were 1,500 years older than thought, zooarchaeologist Angela Perri said April 13 at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The previous age estimate was based on a radiocarbon analysis of burned wood found in one of the animals’ graves. Until now, nearly 9,300-year-old remains of dogs eaten by humans at a Texas site were the oldest physical evidence of American canines.

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; angelaperri; animalhusbandry; dogs; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; huntergatherers; illinois; radiocarbondating; texas; zooarchaeology
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To: Darteaus94025

Thank you for your input. /s


21 posted on 04/17/2018 11:22:48 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: Cowboy Bob
You would be hard pressed to find a culture that did not eat dogs at some point.

Meat is meat when you are starving.

22 posted on 04/17/2018 11:26:07 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies!! Or maybe midgets....)
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To: fella

Iguana.


23 posted on 04/17/2018 12:14:34 PM PDT by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Darteaus94025

They never figured out the wheel, did they?


24 posted on 04/17/2018 12:17:36 PM PDT by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: sparklite2

They didn’t have anything to pull a wagon - except for buffalo.


25 posted on 04/17/2018 2:14:06 PM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Does your son still work at the Savannah River Facility?


26 posted on 04/17/2018 4:09:32 PM PDT by blam
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To: C19fan

If they lived together back then, then they most certainly died together as well. ;-D


27 posted on 04/17/2018 6:24:37 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: fella
Chihuahua. No seriously. They were breed for food.


28 posted on 04/17/2018 6:59:49 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Fast food Aztec style.


29 posted on 04/17/2018 7:13:59 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fella

Probably put their neighbors in tacos. ;-)


30 posted on 04/17/2018 7:18:56 PM PDT by HP8753 (Live Free!!!! .............or don't.)
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To: fidelis

I think it was probably a last option — not worth it for most cases (ignoring the usefulness of a dog when it is alive)


31 posted on 04/17/2018 10:45:09 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: blam

good looking dogs. And, I’m sure, healthier than the “breed” dogs


32 posted on 04/17/2018 10:46:33 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: blam

I just bought that on Amazon Kindle. Thank you for this suggestion, blam


33 posted on 04/17/2018 10:50:15 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: sparklite2
Actually they did invent the wheel. But it remained a toy, not more as they didn't have any beasts of burden

We forget just how lucky Eurasians were to have:


34 posted on 04/17/2018 10:56:47 PM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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To: blam

Nice. My son was going to find me one of those, but he never did. Instead, I bought another Golden Retriever who has turned out to be the GR from Hell! (Actually, he’s just a rambunctious puppy who is a little more than I can handle. He’s a little more than 1 1/2 yrs. old and is calming down VERY SLOWLY.)


35 posted on 04/18/2018 2:16:51 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks C19fan.

36 posted on 04/18/2018 8:42:07 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: moovova

Is that Jon Podesta on the rock? That’s probably how he wants to go out.


37 posted on 04/18/2018 8:45:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Cronos

Anything you can swallow, keep down, and not die, has “Chinese traditional medicinal value”, it seems.


38 posted on 04/18/2018 10:56:51 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!�)
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