Reader Comments

Post a new comment on this article

Delighted to see Koler-Matnick's work affirmed

Posted by NonlinearDogs on 21 Jan 2014 at 08:42 GMT

The first person I know of who offered this hypothesis and published on it was Janet Koler-Matznick (2002. Anthrozoös 15(2): 98 - 118). At the time, it was a new insight and not so quickly accepted. It's wonderful to see that others have picked up on Koler-Matznick's work, have followed, and are now affirming her insights.

http://newguinea-singing-...

Now all we need to do is remove 'lupus' from the name of the domestic dog, returning correctly to 'canis familiaris' -- as Koler-Matznick has also long been proposing we do.

No competing interests declared.