Ice Age 'Puppies' Revealed as Wolf Cubs, Not Dogs
TL;DR
A new study analyzing 14,000-year-old remains of two puppies from Siberia shows they were likely wolf cubs, not early domesticated dogs, challenging previous assumptions based on their black fur and suggesting ancient wolves were larger and had diverse diets, including woolly rhinoceros meat.
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- New Study Of Ice-Age "Tumat Puppies" Suggests They Aren't What Scientists First Thought IFLScience
- Two Ice Age ‘puppies’ weren’t exactly dogs Popular Science
- Famous Ice Age 'puppies' identified as wolf cubs The Jerusalem Post
- These Ice Age Puppies Were Actually Wolves, and Their Stomachs Were Full of Woolly Rhino Discover Magazine
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