The taming of the neural crest: a developmental perspective on the origins of morphological covariation in domesticated mammals

MR Sánchez-Villagra, M Geiger… - Royal Society open …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Studies on domestication are blooming, but the developmental bases for the generation of
domestication traits and breed diversity remain largely unexplored. Some phenotypic …

The boar war: five hot factors unleashing boar expansion and related emergency

D Fulgione, M Buglione - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
The recent and ever-growing problem of boar (Sus scrofa forms including wild boar, hybrid
and feral pig) expansion is a very complex issue in wildlife management. The damages …

Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe

LAF Frantz, J Haile, AT Lin, A Scheu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Archaeological evidence indicates that pig domestication had begun by∼ 10,500 y before
the present (BP) in the Near East, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that pigs …

The archaeology of pig domestication in Eurasia

M Price, H Hongo - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2020 - Springer
The multifaceted behavioral and ecological flexibility of pigs and wild boar (Sus scrofa)
makes study of their domestication both complex and of broad anthropological significance …

Tracking the history of grapevine cultivation in Georgia by combining geometric morphometrics and ancient DNA

L Bouby, N Wales, M Jalabadze, N Rusishvili… - Vegetation History and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Near East and the Caucasus are commonly regarded as the original
domestication centres of Vitis vinifera (grapevine), and the region continues to be home to a …

New osteological criteria for the identification of domestic horses, donkeys and their hybrids in archaeological contexts

P Hanot, C Bochaton - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2018 - Elsevier
The identification of domestic equid remains is a recurrent issue and an intense subject of
discussion in zooarchaeological studies. Indeed, despite historical sources describing the …

Population genomic, olfactory, dietary, and gut microbiota analyses demonstrate the unique evolutionary trajectory of feral pigs

S Petrelli, M Buglione, V Maselli, C Troiano… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Domestication is an intriguing evolutionary process. Many domestic populations are
subjected to strong human‐mediated selection, and when some individuals return to the …

Identifying early stages of reindeer domestication in the archaeological record: A 3D morphological investigation on forelimb bones of modern populations from …

M Pelletier, A Kotiaho, S Niinimäki, AK Salmi - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
Reindeer herding probably developed during the Late Iron Age onwards and is still an
important part of the subsistence and culture of many peoples in northern Eurasia. However …

Investigating livestock management in the early Neolithic archaeological site of Cabecicos Negros (Almería, Spain) from the organic residue analysis in pottery

N Tarifa-Mateo, M Saña, X Clop, A Rosell-Melé… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This paper seeks to reconstruct the management of food resources in the early Neolithic site
of Cabecicos Negros in southeastern Spain. For this purpose, we have studied 29 potsherds …

The process of animal domestication

M Sánchez-Villagra - 2022 - torrossa.com
Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …