History of Dogs Timeline 400,000 BC – First Century - 400,000
YEARS AGO Man and wolf share the same hunting ground and
habitat, as indicated by evidence discovered at the site of
Boxgrove, Kent, UK. - 14,000 YEARS AGO Earliest evidence of
domestic dog (a mandible), at Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany. - 12,000
YEARS AGO Skeletons found at the Natufian site of Ein Mallaha,
northern Israel, provide evidence that a puppy and human were
buried cradled together. - 10,000 YEARS AGO Dog-wolf hybrids in
North America: remains are discovered at the Agate Basin site in
Wyoming, USA. - 8500 YEARS AGO Three dogs are deliberately
buried: skeletons are discovered at Koster, Illinois, USA. -
8000 YEARS AGO Dog remains dating from this time are found at
Tocibara in Japan, alongside remains of the now-extinct Japanese
wolf Canis lupus hodophilax. - c. 6000—1500 BC Rock paintings at
Tassili N’Ajjer, Algeria, depict some of the earliest known
images of the dog in art. - c. 5000-1000 BC The magnificent
limestone ‘Statue of a Dog’ is mad