Archaeologists Discover 1,200-Year-Old Hairless Dog at Ancient Peruvian Site
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Bone remains and a naturally mummified dog skull from Castillo de Huarmey in Peru, a Wari Empire site dating to 600–1050 CE, provide the first direct physical evidence of Peruvian hairless dogs living alongside humans on the northern coast.
The article notes that reconstructing the bond between humans and dogs through archaeology is challenging; people in the past likely had varied and contradictory relationships with animals, just as today.
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