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Archaeologists find oldest dwelling in Western Hemisphere at Alaska…

The Alaska base camp may also hold evidence of the earliest domesticated dogs in the Americas, which means the first pet may predate the first mortgage.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:16 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Live Science: “Archaeologists discover the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:16 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: Alaska.
BBN covered this story before: Bear breaks into Alaska hospital at 2 am, helps itself to candy (October 15).

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Live ScienceArchaeologists discover the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentArchaeologists found a thirteen thousand eight hundred year old base camp in Alaska, with the oldest known dwelling in the Western Hemisphere and possibly the earliest domesticated dogs in the Americas.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the dog got the house first. Humans were basically the roommates.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPossibly dogs, Kenji. Possibly. That word is doing all the work.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe dog read the word possibly and still sat down. Good boy.

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