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fantawurstwasser@feddit.org to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours ago

1,000-year-old dingo bones show that it was injured, cared for, and ritually buried

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1,000-year-old dingo bones show that it was injured, cared for, and ritually buried

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fantawurstwasser@feddit.org to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours ago
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The dog survived traumatic injuries, thanks to his Barkindji caretakers.
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    always thought that dingos were modern animals, from imported dogs who went feral, time for me to double check those facts

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      Did some reading and that’s true, but they aren’t modern, they are feral versions of dogs imported from china over 3000 years ago by indigenous populations.

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