Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s earliest images of dogs in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The depictions, carved into rocks at two sites in the Arabian Desert, appear to date to at least 8000 years ago and feature medium-sized canines—with pricked up ears, short snouts, and curled tails—in hunting scenes. The pictures also feature what appear to be leashes leading from the necks of several dogs to the waists of human hunters. If the dating holds up, this would be the earliest evidence for dog leashes in the archaeological record by thousands of years. Scientists speculate that these early dogs may have helped humans survive in this harsh landscape.

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最古老的狗图像显示狩猎，皮带

研究人员在沙特阿拉伯西北部发现了可能是世界上最早的狗图像。这些描绘在阿拉伯沙漠的两个地点刻在岩石上，似乎可以追溯到至少 8000 年前，在狩猎场景中以中等大小的犬科动物为特色——竖起耳朵、短鼻子和卷曲的尾巴。这些照片还展示了似乎是从几只狗的脖子到人类猎人腰部的皮带。如果约会成立，这将是数千年来考古记录中最早的狗皮带证据。科学家推测，这些早期的狗可能帮助人类在这种恶劣的环境中生存。