The Lie We Believe About Ice Age Dogs

Humans survived the Ice Age for hundreds of thousands of years before the first dog existed. Our species is around 315,000 years old. The oldest dog confirmed by ancient DNA is about 15,800. So dogs weren't why we made it, and they had nothing to do with the Neanderthals either. Here's what the archaeology and ancient DNA actually show, and why dogs spread across the planet anyway. #iceage #dogs #humanorigins #archaeology