Ancient dog skull unearthed in Siberia

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14390679


The dog seems to have been in the early stages of domestication


A very well-preserved 33,000 year old canine skull from a cave in the Siberian Altai mountains shows some of the earliest evidence of dog domestication ever found.

But the specimen raises doubts about early man's loyalty to his new best friend as times got tough.

The findings come from a Russian-led international team of archaeologists.

The skull, from shortly before the peak of the last ice age, is unlike those of modern dogs or wolves.

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1. I love how the 2nd sentence/paragraph is never explained.

"But the specimen raises doubts about early man's loyalty to his new best friend as times got tough."

What are these doubts? How does the skull raise them? Are there signs of butchering? What does this sentence mean?

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2. that was the first thing i noticed. but we do know 1st nations here

ate dogs -- i don't know if they count on that as explaining behavior some where else.