PSYCHOLOGY 



the kitchen-middens (" Kjokenmoddingen ") chose to be his 

 companion in the home. There is nothing remarkable in 

 this occurrence if the habits 

 of the half-wild dog are con- 

 sidered how he fawns on man 

 and follows at his heel, half- 

 shyness and half- assurance. 

 We must conclude then that in 

 early neolithic times the dog 

 obtruded himself on man, and 

 was accepted as soon as the 

 latter discovered his utility in 

 putting up and hunting wild 

 animals. Besides the dog (Fig. 

 165), whom man has ever since 

 regarded as a trusty friend, 

 other domestic animals have 

 been found in the deposits both 



on land and below the water. FIG. 165 Skull of hound. 



(Kobennausen.) 

 Especially important sources 



of knowledge are the very definite remains of domestic animals 

 recovered by Riitimeyer and Studer from the Swiss pile- 



FIG. 166. Skull of Bostaurus, var. primigenius. 



dwellings. The remains of two sorts of oxen, the larger 

 primaeval ox (Bos Primigenius) and the smaller bog ox (Bos 



