Earliest Dog Art

These rock carvings, described recently in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, may be the earliest-known depictions of dogs. Some 7,000 rock art panels at Shuwaymis and Jubbah in Saudi Arabia depict interactions between humans and animals, including numerous livestock and at least 349 dogs.Though the images hint the dogs were heading toward domestication, more work is needed to confirm both age and meaning behind the rock art.

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