Dogs may have helped ancient Middle Easterners hunt small game
Bones unearthed in Jordan hint the canines weren’t primarily used to target big game
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DOG HUNTERS Fragmentary canine bones unearthed at a Jordanian site suggest that pooch-aided hunting of small prey such as hares began around 11,500 years ago, scientists say.
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