[Dog Science/History] For your consideration, this cool brief of a study about one of the most ancient dogs ever discovered and its relationship with humans.

I unfortunately don't have access to the full paper for free, but there's some interesting stuff discussed even without seeing the whole thing. Mostly the bit about how the evidence points to humans keeping and caring for this pup through illness, even though the dog was not of utilitarian use. Then it was buried with humans.

Points pretty strongly to a human-dog bond that went beyond animals being used as tools, at least in some cases, more than 14,000 years ago.