[HTML][HTML] The origins of animal domestication and husbandry: a major change in the history of humanity and the biosphere

JD Vigne - Comptes rendus biologies, 2011 - Elsevier
This article aims to summarize the present archaeo (zoo) logical knowledge and reflections
on the origins of Neolithic animal domestication. It targets the main characteristics of early …

Distinguishing wild boar from domestic pigs in prehistory: a review of approaches and recent results

P Rowley-Conwy, U Albarella, K Dobney - Journal of world prehistory, 2012 - Springer
New methods permit archaeologists to distinguish between wild boar and domestic pigs with
greater confidence than has been hitherto possible. Metrical methods are the most …

Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe

G Larson, U Albarella, K Dobney… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The Neolithic Revolution began 11,000 years ago in the Near East and preceded a
westward migration into Europe of distinctive cultural groups and their agricultural …

Patterns of East Asian pig domestication, migration, and turnover revealed by modern and ancient DNA

G Larson, R Liu, X Zhao, J Yuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The establishment of agricultural economies based upon domestic animals began
independently in many parts of the world and led to both increases in human population size …

Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics

C Ottoni, L Girdland Flink, A Evin… - Molecular biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
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 …

The long and winding road: identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape

A Evin, T Cucchi, A Cardini, US Vidarsdottir… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ability to document the effects of domestication from archaeological remains of animals
and plants is essential for reconstructing the history of one of the most important transitions …

Early Neolithic pig domestication at Jiahu, Henan Province, China: clues from molar shape analyses using geometric morphometric approaches

T Cucchi, A Hulme-Beaman, J Yuan… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The zooarchaeology of pig domestication in China is a challenging task due to its wild boar
ancestors being widespread throughout Eurasia. However using geometric morphometric …

Early domestication and farming: what should we know or do for a better understanding?

JD Vigne - Anthropozoologica, 2015 - BioOne
This paper aims to identify a series of conceptual, strategic and technological challenges
facing archaeozoology (and archaeobotany) in order to better understand when, where, how …

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 …

Size and shape of the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), with a view to the reconstruction of its Holocene history

U Albarella, K Dobney… - Environmental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
A large assortment of skulls and skeletons of recent wild boar (Sus scrofa) from across the
world has been used to collect tooth and bone measurements that can be compared to …