14,000-Year-Old ‘Tumat Puppies’ from Siberian Permafrost Are Not Early Dogs, New Analysis Shows

The Tumat Puppies, two permafrost-preserved Late Pleistocene canids, have been hypothesized to have been littermates and early domesticated dogs due to a physical association with butchered mammoth bones. However, a new multifaceted analysis reveals that the puppies were most likely wolves who inhabited a dry and relatively mild environment with heterogeneous vegetation and consumed a […]

The Tumat Puppies, two permafrost-preserved Late Pleistocene canids, have been hypothesized to have been littermates and early domesticated dogs due to a physical association with butchered mammoth bones. However, a new multifaceted analysis reveals that the puppies were most likely wolves who inhabited a dry and relatively mild environment with heterogeneous vegetation and consumed a […]