Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Scientists say domesticated dogs may have been around in the Americas for the last 12-thousand years.
A recently discovered jaw bone in Costa Rica, originally thought to belong to a coyote, is believed to be from the Late Pleistocene [[ ply-STO-scene ]] period. That’s why researcher Guillermo Vargas couldn’t believe the fossilized jaw bone belonged to a coyote. An analysis shows the bone actually belonged to a domesticated dog some 12-thousand years ago.
Before, it was thought humans didn’t have pet dogs in the Americas until roughly ten-thousand years ago.
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