Abstract Starting with dogs, over 15,000 years ago, the domestication of animals has been
central in the development of modern societies. Because of its importance for a range of …

Geometric morphometrics revolutionized domestication studies through the precise quanti
cation of the phenotype of ancient plant and animal remains. Geometric morphometrics …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Domestication challenges our understanding of human-environment
relationships because it blurs the dichotomy between what is artificial and what is natural. In …

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau endemic Chinese mountain cat has a controversial taxonomic
status, whether it is a true species or a wildcat (Felis silvestris) subspecies and whether it …

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 …

Many qualitative and quantitative methods for the separation of sheep and goat bones are
based upon Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and European specimens. However, these …

Cat remains from Poland dated to 4,200 to 2,300 y BCE are currently the earliest evidence
for the migration of the Near Eastern cat (NE cat), the ancestor of domestic cats, into Central …

This paper reviews recent archaeological research on human-environment interaction in the
Holocene, taking continental China as its geographic focus. As China is large …

In this paper, we apply standard zooarchaeological methods and novel osteological
approaches to analyse faunal remains from five Middle–Late Holocene sites in the southern …

This study aimed to characterize the species, antimicrobial resistance and dispersion of
CRISPR systems in staphylococci isolated from the oropharynx of domestic cats in Brazil …