The dog skeleton belonged to a male canid between two and three years old at death.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed publication (Zilio et al. 2024) and corroborated by multiple independent news outlets and university press releases, all consistent.
Sources
- Primer registro sudamericano: descubren en Patagonia restos arqueológicos de un perro utilizado como animal de carga | CONICET (conicet.gov.ar)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X24002499 (sciencedirect.com)
- https://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/hallazgo-sin-precedente-huachen-el-perro-del-siglo-xvii-que-fue-utilizado-como-animal-de-carga-en-la-nid13062024/ (lanacion.com.ar)
- https://www.unp.edu.ar/index.php/10-investigacion/4730-investigadores-de-la-unpsjb-descubren-en-chubut-al-primer-perro-de-carga-en-sudamerica (unp.edu.ar)