Response to Germonpre et al. Some comments on 'Friend or Foe? Large canid remains from Pavlovian sites and their archaeozoological context', a paper by Wilczynski et al. (2020)

In the current volume of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Germonpre et al. comment on our article Friend or foe? Large canid remains from Pavlovian sites and their archaeozoological context (Wilczynski et al. 2020). The authors say there are inaccuracies or errors in our paper, in an attempt to refute our rejection of the hypothesis of wolf domestication at the Predmosti site and, in broader sense, by the Pavlovian community. Here we counter allegations and in so doing clarify our arguments against wolf domestication during mid-Upper Paleolithic in Central Europe.

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In this commentary, the authors criticize a previous article on the topic of wolf domestication at Pavlovian sites, pointing out inaccuracies and attempting to refute the findings. They clarify their arguments against the hypothesis of wolf domestication during the mid-Upper Paleolithic in Central Europe.