12,000-year-old canine tibia (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

12,000-year-old canine tibia

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The jawbone and the leg bone, seen here in a composite scan, both showed substantial contributions from salmon proteins in lab testing, leading researchers to conclude that humans had fed the fish to the dogs.

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François Lanoë/University of Arizona School of Anthropology

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