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Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics

Claudio Ottoni; Linus Girdland Flink; Allowen Evin; Christina Geörg; Bea De Cupere; Wim Van Neer; László Bartosiewicz; Anna Linderholm; Ross Barnett; Joris Peters; Ronny Decorte; Marc Waelkens; Nancy Vanderheyden; François‐Xavier Ricaut; Canan Çakırlar; Özlem Çevik; A. Rus Hoelzel; Marjan Mashkour; Azadeh Fatemeh Mohaseb; Shiva Sheikhi Seno; Julie Daujat; Fiona Brock; Ron Pinhasi; Hitomi Hongo; Miguel Pérez‐Enciso; Morten Rasmussen; Laurent Frantz; Hendrik‐Jan Megens; R.P.M.A. Crooijmans; Martien A. M. Groenen; Benjamin S. Arbuckle; Nobert Benecke; Una Strand Viðarsdóttir; Joachim Bürger; Thomas Cucchi; Keith Dobney, and Greger Larson · 2012

Catalogue summary

Ancient DNA and tooth-shape measurements from 393 pigs at 48 sites, including Armenia, refine animal dispersal from the Neolithic through medieval western Eurasia.

Why this matters

Armenian archaeological specimens contribute to a new chronology separating Near Eastern domestic lineages from later European replacements across Anatolia.

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Published in
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Year
2012
Language
English
DOI
10.1093/molbev/mss261

Citation

Claudio Ottoni; Linus Girdland Flink; Allowen Evin; Christina Geörg; Bea De Cupere; Wim Van Neer; László Bartosiewicz; Anna Linderholm; Ross Barnett; Joris Peters; Ronny Decorte; Marc Waelkens; Nancy Vanderheyden; François‐Xavier Ricaut; Canan Çakırlar; Özlem Çevik; A. Rus Hoelzel; Marjan Mashkour; Azadeh Fatemeh Mohaseb; Shiva Sheikhi Seno; Julie Daujat; Fiona Brock; Ron Pinhasi; Hitomi Hongo; Miguel Pérez‐Enciso; Morten Rasmussen; Laurent Frantz; Hendrik‐Jan Megens; R.P.M.A. Crooijmans; Martien A. M. Groenen; Benjamin S. Arbuckle; Nobert Benecke; Una Strand Viðarsdóttir; Joachim Bürger; Thomas Cucchi; Keith Dobney, and Greger Larson 2012. Pig Domestication and Human-Mediated Dispersal in Western Eurasia Revealed through Ancient DNA and Geometric Morphometrics. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss261

Topics

Archaeology, art, and material cultureSociety, science, and public health

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