The ancient relationship between human and dog
The human/dog bond is old, prehistoric in fact. University of Alberta anthropologist Rob Losey, who researches the connection between man and dog, says that globally, there are more prehistoric dog burials than any other animal.
One of Losey’s projects at Lake Baikal in Siberia involves dog remains that are 5,000 - 8,000 years old. The dogs were buried alongside humans in cemeteries. Treated just like people when they died, the dogs were placed in a grave, some even wearing decorative collars or placed next to items like spoon. This means that dogs may have been held in the same regard as humans, and that ancient humans may have believed that dogs had souls and went on in the afterlife.
