I came across this article recently, and thought it was very intriguing, and perhaps good evidence of lost civilizations existing 100,000+ years ago.
The following is an excerpt from a PBS article concerning dog DNA, and when it split from wolves.
"How and when this domestication happened has been a matter of speculation. It was thought until very recently that dogs were wild until about 12,000 years ago. But DNA analysis published in 1997 suggests a date of about 130,000 years ago for the transformation of wolves to dogs. This means that wolves began to adapt to human society long before humans settled down and began practicing agriculture."
Now, the last part of the excerpt is obviously the mainstream position. However, perhaps a good case could be made that it is evidence human beings were practicing the kind of agricultural/domesticated lifestyle we attribute to 10,000 BC as far back as 130,000 BC.
Of course, it also makes sense that hunter/gatherer communities would domesticate wolves, because they are so helpful and they can easily travel with them. That's also a reasonable explanation.
source: [www.pbs.org]
The following is an excerpt from a PBS article concerning dog DNA, and when it split from wolves.
"How and when this domestication happened has been a matter of speculation. It was thought until very recently that dogs were wild until about 12,000 years ago. But DNA analysis published in 1997 suggests a date of about 130,000 years ago for the transformation of wolves to dogs. This means that wolves began to adapt to human society long before humans settled down and began practicing agriculture."
Now, the last part of the excerpt is obviously the mainstream position. However, perhaps a good case could be made that it is evidence human beings were practicing the kind of agricultural/domesticated lifestyle we attribute to 10,000 BC as far back as 130,000 BC.
Of course, it also makes sense that hunter/gatherer communities would domesticate wolves, because they are so helpful and they can easily travel with them. That's also a reasonable explanation.
source: [www.pbs.org]