The skull of the newly discovered Palaeolithic dog Jean-Baptiste Fourvrel
An 鈥渆xtremely rare鈥 16,000-year-old canine skeleton from southern France offers evidence that Stone Age humans cared for their pets 鈥 although the animal was also probably killed by humans.
鈥淚t is feasible that the individual obtained [its] injuries from being beaten or struck by people,鈥 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.
