Oldest Domesticated Dog Remains Discovered in Americas

A 13,100-year-old dog tooth from a cave site in Haida Gwaii is the earliest evidence of dog domestication in the Americas to date

A new fascinating paper has been published summarizing the significant archaeological findings of over two decades worth of excavations of the caves of Haida Gwaii.¹ In collaboration with Parks Canada and the Haida Nation, the archaeologists that conducted these digs have yielded the oldest evidence of dog domestication in the Americas.

Among the myriad o…