Those myths link dogs and wolves to youthful male war bands, warfare and death. (sciencenews.org)
4000 years ago in Eurasia, young warriors killed large numbers of dogs, ate their flesh, and chopped their skulls into small pieces as part of a bizarre initiation into war bands (newscientist.com)
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. (sciencenews.org)