The wolf from Grotta Romanelli (Apulia, Italy) and its implications in the evolutionary history of Canis lupus in the Late Pleistocene of Southern Italy

• Published in: Quaternary International
• Main Authors: Sardella, Raffaele, Bertè, Davide, Iurino, Dawid Adam, Tagliacozzo, Antonio, CHERIN, MARCO
• Other Authors: Cherin, Marco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Rosse; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11391/1359750; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.11.016

Canis lupus dispersed into Europe in the late Middle Pleistocene. The phylogenetic origin of C. lupus from Canis mosbachensis is widely accepted in the literature although their relationships and taxonomy are debated. In this paper, canid remains coming from the so-called “terre rosse”, Level G at G...