Palaeolithic dogs and Pleistocene wolves revisited: A reply to Morey (2014)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 210-216

  Germonpré, Mietje ^a   Sablin, Mikhail V ^b   Lázničková Galetová, Martina ^c,d   Després, Viviane ^e   Stevens, Rhiannon E ^f   Stiller, Mathias ^g   Hofreiter, Michael ^h,i  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canid morphotype; Dog; Domestication; Palaeolithic; Pleistocene; Wolf

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CANID; DOMESTICATION; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84920101537     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.035     Document Type: Article

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