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5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domestication

Scientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly close relationship between people and wolves thousands of years ago. Evidence indicates the wolves were fed, possibly cared for, and may even have been managed…

Wolves transported to a remote Baltic island 5,000 years ago implies a level of deliberate animal management — possibly ritual or symbolic — that quietly pressures assumptions about when and why humans formed deep interspecies bonds beyond utility.
5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domestication
Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/06/260624115624.htm

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