3D morphometric analysis of fossil canid skulls contradicts the suggested domestication of dogs during the late Paleolithic

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 8299-

  Drake, Abby Grace ^a   Coquerelle, Michael ^b,c   Colombeau, Guillaume ^d  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DOG; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PROCEDURES; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DOGS; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

EID: 84923206653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08299     Document Type: Article

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