Sacrificed dog remains feed tales of Bronze Age ‘wolf-men’ warriors
Find is first archaeological evidence of coming-of-age rites described in ancient myths, researchers claim
![Russian dog skull](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/080317_BB_dog-warriors_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SLICE RITES Nearly 4,000 years ago, at a site in what’s now Russia, teenage boys ate dogs or wolves to join war bands, a contested report says. Dogs’ heads were commonly chopped in pieces designated by lines on this skull.
D. Anthony and D. Brown/Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 2017