Dear Julie, Terry and members of zooarch,
I had to grapple with this problem during the course of my Ph.D. I am
currently preparing a paper for the IJO which will compile my thoughts.
I have very little time at the moment so all I will do is attach a word
document (virus free) with a simple, and I stress *working* table (no
bibliography here I'm afraid but I can provide individual refs)
outlining some of the methods I picked up in both the zooarchaeological
and zoological literature. I was also able to talk to Swedish wolf
biologists about identifying hybrids. I would love to hear your comments
on this! During the course of my research I only had to identify a few
remains -- and this was just verification -- but all of this (as well as
thoughts on hybrids) will be in the article which I hope to finish in
the near rather than distant future.
All the best,
Aleks Pluskowski
Prof TP O'Connor wrote:
> So, Julie, just a simple enquiry? I will be fascinated to see what
> others have to say on this distinction. The 'textbook' answer is to
> test for crowding in the premolar/molar row, but there seems to be
> little good reason why that could not arise in a wolf population
> living in sub-optimal conditions. Given that DNA research indicates
> dog and wolf to be only vaguely separable at the biomolecular level,
> are we asking too much of the bones?
>
> Terry
>
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> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites
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> Subject: [ZOOARCH] dog/wolf distinction
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> What are the most useful criteria for distinguishing dog & wolf?
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