Human-like social skills in dogs?

@article{Hare2005HumanlikeSS,
  title={Human-like social skills in dogs?},
  author={Brian A. Hare and Michael Tomasello},
  journal={Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  year={2005},
  volume={9},
  pages={439-444}
}
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