Foxes have been eating humans’ leftovers for 42,000 years – study

Autumn weather Nov 3rd 2019

The sight of foxes rummaging through the rubbish for scraps of food is not an unfamiliar one, and now scientists say it may have been around for thousands of years.

The diets of ancient foxes were influenced by humans, and these small carnivores might be tracers of human activity over time, according to a new study.