An 18,000-year-old puppy has been found in Siberia.
It writes the Siberian Times, according to Science.dk.
the Puppy, which was found in the permafrost close to Indigirka, a river northeast of Jakutsk, have retained the whole of its body, snout and even knurhårene.
A team of researchers from the Swedish Centre for Palæogenetik (CPG) is to examine the puppy. Its teeth reveal that it was less than two months old when it died. The cause of death is yet unknown. the
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In the summer, wrote Science.dk about a 40,000 year old ulvehoved, which was also found in Siberia. But in contrast, researchers have not yet been able to determine whether the puppy is a dog or a wolf.
They write on Twitter
@Nibbledtodeath is working on this specimen together with @pontus_skoglund.
It’s 18 kyrs old!
So far, we have sequenced it’s genome two 2X coverage. But we still can’t say if it’s a #wolf or a #dog. Maybe it’s the common ancestor?
More sequencing needed! the
(Photo: S Fedorov) pic.twitter.com/3zhbVEudig
— Centre for Palaeogenetics (@CpgSthlm) November 18, 2019
‘so far, we have sequenced its genome, but we still can not say whether it is a wolf or dog, maybe it’s a common ancestor?’
Some researchers, however, have been able to determine is that the puppy is a he. They have therefore given the name ‘Dogor’, which means friend in jakutsk.
Your dog understand literally what you say
show em you your dog enough?
Have animal emotions?
