A biometric re-evaluation of recent claims for Early Upper Palaeolithic wolf domestication in Eurasia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-89

  Boudadi Maligne, Myriam ^a   Escarguel, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Dogs; Morphometry; Palaeolithic; Variability size index; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOMETRY; CANID; CARNIVORE; DOMESTICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84896031953     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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