Man’s earliest best friend may have outfoxed rivals

IN a 16,500-year-old graveyard in Jordan, archaeologists have found evidence of man’s first furry friend: a fox.

Archaeologists from the University of Toronto in Ontario and Cambridge University in England uncovered remains of the fox, alongside other animals, at a burial site containing 11 sets of human remains.

A researcher from the University of Cambridge, Lisa Maher, said the team were surprised when they made their discovery. “When we were first excavating the site, we thought it might have been a dog,” she said, but upon further analysis the remains were shown to belong to a red fox.