8,000-Year-Old Engraving Shows Dogs Were Helping Humans Hunt

8,000-Year-Old Engraving Shows Dogs Were Helping Humans Hunt
These ancient carvings show human being hunting with domesticated dogs. YouTube-Science Magazine
Chris Jasurek
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Rock engravings discovered on the Arabian Peninsula might be the oldest images of dogs ever found—and they show dogs on leashes.

The cautiously-estimated 8,000-year-old etchings show a man hunting with a bow and arrow with a pack of dogs surrounding him. Two of the dogs appear to be attached by leashes to the hunter’s waist.