[SunkenCiv]

Ice Age Bone Needles Discovered in Wyoming | Archaeology Magazine | December 5, 2024 | CNN reports that 32 fragments of bone needles have been discovered at Wyoming's La Prele Mammoth site, which consists of dozens of temporary dwellings and the butchered remains of a young mammoth. The 13,000-year-old needles were found when sediment from the site was sifted through a fine mesh screen. Analysis of bone collagen with zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry, or ZooMS, indicates that the needles had been made from the bones of red foxes, bobcats, mountain lions, lynx, the extinct American cheetah, and hares or rabbits. "It was extremely surprising that these needles were made out of small carnivores," said Spencer Pelton, Wyoming state archaeologist. He and his colleagues had expected to find that the needles had been crafted from the bones of bison or mammoths, but they soon realized that using the fine limb and paw bones of smaller animals would reduce the amount of work necessary to produce each tool. The needles were likely used to make warm, tailored clothing, Pelton added. "It would have likely incorporated fur fringes around the sleeves and hood, which is why we think people were trapping animals like foxes, cats, and hares in the first place," he explained. Read the original scholarly article about this research in PLOS ONE.

Bone needle and needle preform reconstructions and Micro-CT scans of comparative faunal specimens

Pelton et al., 2024, PLOS ONE

[Rio]

[rlmorel]

One word: Bacon.

[I want the USA back]

People fed canines, and the dogs/wolves alerted the humans to danger, and protected them. A formula that has worked and is still working.

[sopo]

Cats came along

[Hatteras]

[Sirius Lee]

Because cats were willing to intercede on behalf of their clumsy friends.

[Seruzawa]

Doga and cats are amongst the smartest of animals. They allied themselves with the planet’s most apex predator that ever lived.

[AnAmericanMother]

All is explained here:

The Cat That Walked By Himself

[Charles Martel]

[Racketeer]

People worship God yet the animal that will do anything for a person is called a Dog.

God spelled backwards and I have always wondered how did that happen?

[Son-Joshua]

How can we not love our dogs. Husky’s are my breed. They are pack oriented so while my kids were young my husky’s treated them like their children. But, I saw my male husky hunt a pheasant and eat it. There is another side to husky’s but they know when to act on it. Very smart dogs.

[Honorary Serb]

Native Americans used dogs as beasts of burden before they had horses!

https://www.godsdogs1.com/history-of-the-native-american-dog.html#/

[Carry_Okie]

Dogs cleaned up the camp site.

No digging necessary.

[Larry Lucido]

Cozying up to the Koreans may not have been the best choice for dogs.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Cave man threw bone. Dog followed.

[central_va]

Legend has it that soon after Creation, the earth was torn in two. Man was on one side of the chasm, all the animals on the other. Only the dog tried to find a way across to join the man. He tried to jump the huge abyss but only his forepaws reached the far edge. Man reached down and pulled him to safety, saying, "You shall be my companion forever."

..Indian legend

[central_va]

When did Muzzies and goats become friends?