Every dog has its day, but that day took more than 14,000 years to dawn for one canine. A jaw fragment found in a Swiss cave comes from the earliest known dog, according to scientists who analyzed and radiocarbon-dated the fossil.
CHEW ON THIS A controversial new report concludes that this partial jaw comes from the earliest known dog, which lived in what’s now Switzerland more than 14,000 years ago.
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