The skull of the newly discovered Palaeolithic dog Jean-Baptiste Fourvrel
An “extremely rare” 16,000-year-old canine skeleton from southern France offers evidence that Stone Age humans cared for their pets – although the animal was also probably killed by humans.
“It is feasible that the individual obtained [its] injuries from being beaten or struck by people,” says at the University of Western Australia, who was not involved in the analysis of the skeleton.
The specimen was discovered in a French cave called Baume Traucade in 2021 by a group of spelunkers.
