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Dear colleagues, Working through the drafts I have written a few years ago and re-interpreting some data I found some from a small sample from the roman amphitheater of Ulpia Traiana Sarmisegetusa (in Roman Dacia/Romania). The canid bones are very few, but from the 3 complete bones (the other 2 with very "normal" data), there is a humerus with some "odd" characteristics. The GL is 210 mm, Bprox-51, no valid B dist and the diaphisis-24 mm. The WRH (height)estimated based on Koudelka and Harcourt is 70 or 69 cm. The shaft index (11.4) is characteristic for a very robust individual. My question is if this may be attributed to the wild form (wolf)(I have no other morphological or metrical comparative data and no reference for such a dog in roman time here) or could it be an unusual high and robust domestic dog? Thanks for your help! Best wishes for 2005! Alex ===== dr. Gudea Alexandru Facultatea de Medicina Veterinara Cluj Napoca str. Manastur nr 3 Dep. Anatomie Comparata 400372 Cluj Napoca Romania __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail