The phylogenetic origin of the dingo (Canis dingo) is an enigma. Introduced to Australia
during the Holocene, debate continues regarding the exact timing of its introduction and …

Archaeological evidence indicates that pig domestication had begun by∼ 10,500 y before
the present (BP) in the Near East, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that pigs …

Whether or not the wolf was domesticated during the early Upper Palaeolithic remains a
controversial issue. We carried out detailed analyses of the skull material from the Gravettian …

Abstract Excavations on the Zhokhov Island yielded a small but meaningful collection of
Early Holocene canine faunal remains (MNI= 13). To clarify the morphological …

The timing of wolf domestication remains a subject of intense debate, especially as recent
genetic, morphological and radiometric analyses of relevant skeletal material apparently …

Morphological and morphometric bone variation between archaeological wolves and the
oldest domestic dogs commonly are used to define species differences. However, reference …

Wolves are charismatic emblems of wilderness. Dogs, which descended from wolves, are
models of urbanity. Do free-ranging dogs revert to pack living or are their societies only …

The first objective of this study is to examine temporal patterns in ancient dog burials in the
Lake Baikal region of Eastern Siberia. The second objective is to determine if the practice of …

The identification of the earliest dogs is challenging because of the absence and/or mosaic
pattern of morphological diagnostic features in the initial phases of the domestication …

Animal remains have been excavated in many Mesolithic burials. A large variety of skeletal
and body parts (eg antlers, claws, hoofs, horns, long bones, mandibles, paws, skulls, tails …