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4,000-Year-Old Canine Paw Print Discovered in Bronze Age House Remains

Archaeologists discovered a mud brick bearing an ancient dog’s paw impression in the rubble of a Bronze Age house at Tavsanli Hoyuk in western Turkey.

A dog’s paw impression dating back approximately 4,000 years has been discovered on a mud brick. Archaeologists found the object at Tavsanli Hoyuk, an archaeological site in western Turkey.

Recovered from the rubble of a Bronze Age house, the brick preserves the mark left by the animal millennia ago. The discovery belongs to a region where humans and dogs have maintained a close relationship for thousands of years.

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