Interesting Discovery

1,200-Year-Old Mummified Hairless Dog Remains Found in Peru

Archaeologists have found the remains of hairless dogs more than 1,200 years old at the ancient burial complex of Castillo de Huarmey on Peru's northern coast. Some of the remains are naturally mummified. The study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, provides the first physical evidence of Peruvian hairless dogs at this site, the only known Wari Empire complex on Peru's northern coast. The complex lies about 190 miles north of Lima, covers 110 acres and was used from 600 to 1050, roughly 400 years before the rise of the Inca. The study's first author, Veronica Tomczyk, notes that people and dogs lived together, but reconstructing their relationship is difficult. In her words, what one group regarded as a pet could be a pest to its neighbors.

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