A burial ground in Patagonia has revealed that before dogs became our closest four-footed companions, an ancient, now-extinct fox may have held that position instead. Discovered in 1991, the Cañada ...

Ancient humans in South America may have kept foxes as pets, according to archaeologists. Their finding comes from excavations at a grave site in northwest Patagonia in Argentina, named Cañada Seca.

In an ancient grave in what’s now northwestern Argentina, a person was buried with a canine companion — but this animal friend wasn’t a dog, according to new research. The burial held the skeleton of ...

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