I discuss the article “Relationships Between Indigenous American Peoples and Wolves 1: Wolves as Teachers and Guides” (Fogg et al. 2015) and the book “The First Domestication: How Wolves and Humans Coevolved” (Pierotti and Fogg 2017). The article proposed that published stories about interactions between indigenous American peoples and wolves (Canis lupus) provide insight into wolf-human relationships as humans began domesticating wolves. In the book, the authors offer a theory of how wolves and humans coevolved by building on the information in the article and the authors’ long experience with captive and pet wolves, wolf-dog hybrids, and dogs. I (1) present arguments and evidence that question the value of indigenous American stories for drawing conclusions about the relationship between early humans and wolves 14,000 yrs BP; (2) demonstrate how indigenous American stories contradict documented information about wolf biology, behavior, and known interactions with humans; and (3) point out important information not considered by the authors about wolf attacks on humans and the importance of rabies in the wolf-human relationship.

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美国原住民的故事是否有助于对狗的驯化研究？

我将讨论文章“美国原住民与狼之间的关系1：狼作为教师和向导”（Fogg等人，2015年）和“第一次驯化：狼与人如何进化”（Pierotti和Fogg，2017年）。这篇文章提出，有关人类土著人开始驯养狼的有关美洲原住民与狼（Canis lupus）之间相互作用的报道的故事提供了洞察力。在这本书中，作者根据文章中的信息提供了狼与人如何进化的理论，以及作者在圈养和宠物狼，狼狗杂种和狗方面的长期经验。我（1）提出了论点和证据，质疑美国原住民故事对得出早期人类与14,000岁BP之间的关系的结论的价值；（2）展示美国原住民的故事如何与有关狼的生物学，行为和与人类的已知相互作用的文献信息相矛盾；（3）指出了作者没有考虑到的有关狼对人类的袭击以及狂犬病在狼与人之间关系中的重要性的重要信息。