Earliest evidence for dog breeding found on remote Siberian island

[LoLeL]

The hunter-gatherers of Zhokhov Island were a hardy folk. Nine thousand years ago, they survived frigid year-round temperatures in animal-skin tents some 500 kilometers north of what is now the Russian mainland, and they were the only people ever known to hunt large numbers of polar bears without firearms. Now it appears these ancient Arctic dwellers did something even more remarkable: They may have been among the first humans to breed dogs for a particular purpose. An analysis of canine bones from Zhokhov suggests the dogs there were bred to pull sleds, making this the first evidence—by thousands of years—for dog breeding in the archaeological record.

Full article: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/...iberian-island

[Kamal900]

I love husky dogs.

[ariel]

I love husky dogs.

Do you have a dog?

[LoLeL]

I love husky dogs.

I like these guys.

[Kamal900]

Do you have a dog?

I wish. My Emirati friend has two dogs(one a doberman and the other is a German shepherd), and they are so fucking cute. My father and bros don't mind but my mother is scared of animals.

[ariel]

I wish. My Emirati friend has two dogs(one a doberman and the other is a German shepherd), and they are so fucking cute. My father and bros don't mind but my mother is scared of animals.

Surprising. dogs consider inferior in the arabic culture....dog is insult in the arabic language.probably your cojntry is more westrenised than what people think about you...

[Kamal900]

Surprising dogs consider inferior in thd arabic culture....

Nah, it's an Islamic culture mostly. There are Bedouins that still have dogs as companions: