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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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By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Dogs that lived alongside Middle Eastern villagers roughly 11,500 years ago may have helped to transform how those humans hunted, researchers say.