Juana Summers

And that's definitely one thing he wants to look into. And other researchers I talked to also told me that they just want more research in fossil data about the Boring Billion era in general. Because honestly, like this kind of work on early life is just really important to understand not only how life started, but how life adapts to environmental changes, like thinking about climate change now.

And that's definitely one thing he wants to look into. And other researchers I talked to also told me that they just want more research in fossil data about the Boring Billion era in general. Because honestly, like this kind of work on early life is just really important to understand not only how life started, but how life adapts to environmental changes, like thinking about climate change now.

and in the future.

and in the future.

and in the future.

Totally. I mean, I think our relationship with dogs as humans is just very longstanding. Researchers think canids, which include wolves and dogs, were probably first domesticated in Eurasia between 19,000 to 12,000 years ago. And new archaeological evidence published in Science Advances gets a closer look at that relationship in Alaska in a window of time 12,000 years ago.

Totally. I mean, I think our relationship with dogs as humans is just very longstanding. Researchers think canids, which include wolves and dogs, were probably first domesticated in Eurasia between 19,000 to 12,000 years ago. And new archaeological evidence published in Science Advances gets a closer look at that relationship in Alaska in a window of time 12,000 years ago.

Totally. I mean, I think our relationship with dogs as humans is just very longstanding. Researchers think canids, which include wolves and dogs, were probably first domesticated in Eurasia between 19,000 to 12,000 years ago. And new archaeological evidence published in Science Advances gets a closer look at that relationship in Alaska in a window of time 12,000 years ago.

Okay, so just paint me a picture of what Earth was like in that time and how this relationship played out. Well, with the end of the last ice age, people had begun to cross the land bridge between Asia and North America. Researchers believe those people likely came with canid companions.

Okay, so just paint me a picture of what Earth was like in that time and how this relationship played out. Well, with the end of the last ice age, people had begun to cross the land bridge between Asia and North America. Researchers believe those people likely came with canid companions.

Okay, so just paint me a picture of what Earth was like in that time and how this relationship played out. Well, with the end of the last ice age, people had begun to cross the land bridge between Asia and North America. Researchers believe those people likely came with canid companions.

The clues inside the bone. The team sought permission to analyze the bones from the Healy Lake Village Council, which represents the indigenous people of the area. And when the scientists did a chemical analysis of the bones, they found substantial traces of salmon proteins, meaning these canids regularly ate fish.

The clues inside the bone. The team sought permission to analyze the bones from the Healy Lake Village Council, which represents the indigenous people of the area. And when the scientists did a chemical analysis of the bones, they found substantial traces of salmon proteins, meaning these canids regularly ate fish.

The clues inside the bone. The team sought permission to analyze the bones from the Healy Lake Village Council, which represents the indigenous people of the area. And when the scientists did a chemical analysis of the bones, they found substantial traces of salmon proteins, meaning these canids regularly ate fish.

And archaeologist Angela Perry, who was not a part of the study, agrees with this conclusion, that this 12,000-year-old wolf with a salmon diet was either intentionally fed by humans or was heavily reliant on scraps, which suggests that this wolf lived in close, constant contact with human communities.

And archaeologist Angela Perry, who was not a part of the study, agrees with this conclusion, that this 12,000-year-old wolf with a salmon diet was either intentionally fed by humans or was heavily reliant on scraps, which suggests that this wolf lived in close, constant contact with human communities.

And archaeologist Angela Perry, who was not a part of the study, agrees with this conclusion, that this 12,000-year-old wolf with a salmon diet was either intentionally fed by humans or was heavily reliant on scraps, which suggests that this wolf lived in close, constant contact with human communities.

Juana, thank you so much for letting us just babble about science.

Juana, thank you so much for letting us just babble about science.

Juana, thank you so much for letting us just babble about science.