From my friend David D Levine comes a pointer to this post about a poignant burial site — which includes the oldest record we have of a domesticated dog. The skeleton of a puppy, from 14,000 years ago. Plus a woman in her twenties, and a man in his forties. Buried “with honour and ceremony.”

But there’s no question the dog was domesticated. It was nursed “through three bouts of distemper when it was four to five months old.”

More at this 2018 paper.