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

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

doi:10.1093/molbev/mss261

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

Published in Molecular Biology and Evolution • Nov 22, 2012

Authors:

Claudio Ottoni

Linus Girdland Flink

Allowen Evin

Abstract

Zooarcheological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia ~8,500 BC. They then spread across the Middle and Near East and westward into Europe alongside early agriculturalists. European pigs were either domesticated independently or more likely appeared so as a result of admix...

Subject

Domestication

Ancient DNA

Wild boar

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