Lintja ke, mohlomong, tse sa tsejoeng ka ho fetisisa ho latela saense ea pono ea liphoofolo. 'Nete ke hore ka makholo a' maloa a lilemo, tšimoloho ea tsona ke taba ea litsekisano tsa saense. U se ke ua belaella hore ntja ke khethollo ea phoofolo e phofshoang ea setho sa maiketsetso. Ke ea taelo ea liphoofolo tse ruiloeng, lelapa la lintja, lelapa la lintja le pono ea lintja tsa malapa.
Likhopolo tsa mohloli oa lintja ke life?
Ho fihlela joale, pale ea tšimoloho ea lintja e amana haholo le liphiri, liphokojoe, lintja tsa dingo tsa Australia le li-coyotes. Kahoo, bo-rasaense ba hlalosa tšimoloho ea ntja ea lapeng ka likhopolo tse peli. Ho ea ka ba pele, ke litloholo tsa phiri (ena e ne e boetse e le maikutlo a Charles Darwin), mme balateli ba khopolo ea bobeli bona lintja e le litholoana tsa ho tšela liphokojoe, liphiri le liphokojoe. Haufinyane, khopolo ea boraro, eo Karl Linnaeus ae hlalositseng, e boetse e fumane tokelo ea bophelo. Liphuputso tsa morao-rao tsa liphatsa tsa lefutso li netefatsa hore liphokojoe le liphiri tsa boholo-holo li ne li e-na le moholo-holo, ea ileng a nyamela.
Ke ka ho tsebahalang hore nakong ea Bronze Age ho khethoa ha lintja tsa malapeng ho kenyeletsa mefuta e mehlano:
- Masti;
- li-greyhounds (li-greyhounds);
- lintja tse kang lintja;
- lintja tsa bolisa;
- lintja tse kang pointer.
Ha bafuputsi ba nahana ka tšimoloho ea mefuta ea lintja, ba ile ba fihlela qeto ea hore ba hlahile ka lebaka la ho rua liphoofolo tsena le ho li hlahisa. Kajeno, mefuta e teng ea lintja e arotsoe ka lihlopha tse tharo tse kholo: ho tsoma, tšebeletso, ka tlung le ho khabisa. Mefuta e fapa-fapaneng ke bopaki ba ho khetholloa le ho tsitsisoa, e leng tumellanong e phethahetseng le tsela eo baholo-holo ba rona ba boholo-holo ba ileng ba loanela ho ba le eona.
Ho sa tsotellehe hore na e ne e le eng, ntja, bopaki ba ho ba teng ha eona e ngotsoeng lilemo tse 25-30 limilione, e bile e bile motsoalle ea tšepahalang le mothusi oa batho.