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The origins of animal domestication and husbandry: A major change in the history of humanity and the biosphere
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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 Neolithic animal domestication set against a backdrop of two complementary scales, namely the global and macro-regional scales (the latter using the example of the Near East). It discusses the conceptual and methodological issues, arguing in favor of an anthropozoological approach taking into account the intentions and the dynamics of human societies and critically analyzes the reductionist neo-Darwinian concepts of co-evolution and human niche construction. It also provides a brief discussion on the birth of ungulate domestication and its roots, as well as appropriate bibliographic references to enlighten the current status of domestication research.
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“Sites in the Middle Euphrates valley (10,800–10,300 years ago), the Tigris basin (~10,200 years ago), and the Northern Jordan Valley (during the 8th millennium) exhibit the initial morphological indicators of domestication, such as reduction in sexual dimorphism and body size [22,23,24].”
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“Current evidence indicates domestication of sheep, goat, pig and cattle in separate centres of the Fertile Crescent in the Near East between c.9000 and 8000 cal BC (Zeder 2008; Vigne 2011 ), although other centres of domestication elsewhere in Eurasia are possible, as is known for pigs (Larson et al. 2005; Cucchi et a…”
BackgroundInfluentialHandbook for the Analysis of Micro-Particles in Archaeological Samples
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“Domestic pigs have been raised for meat, and perhaps fat, since the middle of the 11th millennium BP in the Near East (Vigne, 2011), and ca. 8th millenium BP in China (Cucchi et al., 2011).”
BackgroundLast hunter-gatherers and first farmers of Europe
Tresset, A., & Vigne, J. (2011) · Comptes Rendus Biologies · doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.010 · Cited by 84
Self-citationThe Archaeology of Pig Domestication in Eurasia
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Multiple Origins of Agriculture in Eurasia and Africa
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“After domestication, livestock followed human migrations and, with agricultural expansion, colonized the whole world [50,51].”
BackgroundOn the origin of the house mouse synanthropy and dispersal in the Near East and Europe:
Cucchi, T., Auffray, J., & Vigne, J. (2012) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139044547.005 · Cited by 54
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“Archaeological data indicates that taurine cattle were first domesticated between 10,300-10,800 BP in the western part of the border between Syria and Turkey (Helmer et al. 2005; Vigne 2011).”
BackgroundHumanity’s Best Friend: A Dog-Centric Approach to Addressing Global Challenges
Sykes, N., Beirne, P., Horowitz, A., Jones, I., Kalof, L., Karlsson, E. K., King, T., Litwak, H., McDonald, R. A., Murphy, L. J., et al. (2020) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani10030502 · Cited by 60
“Instead, wolves followed what is referred to as a commensal pathway [71,72].”
BackgroundRabbits and the Specious Origins of Domestication
Irving-Pease, E. K., Frantz, L. A. F., Sykes, N., Callou, C., & Larson, G. (2018) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2017.12.009 · Cited by 51
“To obtain a satisfying rabbit domestication narrative, we need to view domestication and its associated biological changes as a process that occurs along a continuum [9,10].”
BackgroundJanssens, L., Perri, A. R., Crombé, P., Dongen, S. V., & Lawler, D. F. (2018) · Journal of Archaeological Science Reports · doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.012 · Cited by 51
Evolutionary and population (epi)genetics of immunity to infection
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“The transition from hunter gathering to farming, which began ~ 12,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (Harris 1967; Diamond 2002; Zeder 2008; Vigne 2011), has been associated with profound changes in human ecology (Braidwood 1960; Diamond and Bellwood 2003).”
BackgroundHumans and Animals in Northern Regions
Anderson, D. G. (2017) · Annual Review of Anthropology · doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-102116-041556 · Cited by 50
Harbers, H., Zanolli, C., Cazenave, M., Theil, J., Ortiz, K., Blanc, B., Locatelli, Y., Schafberg, R., Lecompte, F., Baly, I., et al. (2020) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-020-75496-6 · Cited by 51
“Until further ethological and physiological studies in captivity have been performed, we can only hypothesize that this increase in the muscular system of captive specimens is the cumulative and interrelated consequences of (1) increased body mass, (2) protein rich diet, and (3) stereotypical behaviour increasing the…”
BackgroundSanna, D., Barbato, M., Hadjisterkotis, E., Cossu, P., Decandia, L., Trova, S., Pirastru, M., Leoni, G. G., Naitana, S., Francalacci, P., et al. (2015) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144257 · Cited by 54
“According to Vigne [1], archaeozoological findings suggest that the earliest detected domestications occurred in the Near East during the 11th millennium before present (BP).”
BackgroundThe mark of captivity: plastic responses in the ankle bone of a wild ungulate ( Sus scrofa )
Harbers, H., Neaux, D., Ortiz, K., Blanc, B., Laurens, F., Baly, I., Callou, C., Schafberg, R., Haruda, A. F., Lecompte, F., et al. (2020) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.192039 · Cited by 48
“Furthermore, it remains questionable for tracking early domestication processes in the archaeological record [10,22], especially when gene flow between wild and domestic populations was common [23–26], thus delaying the expression of these syndromes.”
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Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication
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“The study of animal domestication is a broad endeavour, which draws in expertise from archaeology, genetics, ecology and physical sciences (Zeder et al. 2006; Vigne 2011; Larson et al. 2012, 2014; Zeder 2016; MacHugh et al. 2017).”
BackgroundUrine salts elucidate Early Neolithic animal management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey
Abell, J. T., Quade, J., Duru, G., Mentzer, S. M., Stiner, M. C., Uzdurum, M., & Özbaşaran, M. (2019) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaw0038 · Cited by 45
Revisiting two hypotheses on the “domestication syndrome” in light of genomic data.
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““Domestication” thus may consist of a set of conditions, or even be a continuum of states, underlain by a variety of different genetic changes (Vigne, 2011; Sanchez-Vil lagro et al., 2016).”
BackgroundDomestication as Enskilment: Harnessing Reindeer in Arctic Siberia
Losey, R. J., Nomokonova, T., Владимирович, А. Д., Gusev, A. V., Plekhanov, A. V., Fedorova, N. V., & Anderson, D. G. (2020) · Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory · doi:10.1007/s10816-020-09455-w · Cited by 46
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“From the Neolithic onwards, these conceptions of the wild became more complex, due to a crucial change in human–animal relationships: the Neolithic period in most parts of the world was marked by animal and plant domestication and the evolution of sedentary and mobility patterns (Vigne, 2011).”
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“…of phenotypically wild animals preceded the appearance of changes in body size and horn shape by many centuries (Helmer, 2008; Peters et al., 2015; Vigne, 2011, 2015), there is currently no clear evidence for the management of morphologically wild Bos in Neolithic sites in the EFC prior to the…”
BackgroundUnaltered sequence of dental, skeletal, and sexual maturity in domestic dogs compared to the wolf
Geiger, M., Gendron, K. P., Willmitzer, F., & Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2016) · Zoological Letters · doi:10.1186/s40851-016-0055-2 · Cited by 41
“, they take advantage of elements of the human niche, and therefore mirror the commensal relationship that has been suggested for humans and wolves/domestic dogs during the early domestication process [77, 78].”
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Barton, C. M., Ullah, I. I. T., Bergin, S. M., Sarjoughian, H. S., Mayer, G. R., Aubán, J. B., Heimsath, A. M., Acevedo, M. F., Riel-Salvatore, J. G., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2016) · Anthropocene · doi:10.1016/j.ancene.2015.12.004 · Cited by 44
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“By virtue of having compared the most generalized domesticated form to each wild form of a species, we can approximate the changes having taken place in the initial phases of domestication [43], which concerns mostly the attainment of tameness and the skull changes and other features associated with it [34].”
BackgroundA test for paedomorphism in domestic pig cranial morphology
Evin, A., Owen, J., Larson, G., Debiais‐Thibaud, M., Cucchi, T., Viðarsdóttir, U. S., & Dobney, K. M. (2017) · Biology Letters · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2017.0321 · Cited by 39
“Domestication is a long, complex, continuous and ongoing process which, for pigs, began some 10 500 years ago [26].”
BackgroundInsects: The Disregarded Domestication Histories
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“Despite various definitions of domestication employed in related research, we use it in a broad sense, implying human intervention in the reproduction and care of animals (Vigne 2011; Zeder 2015).”
BackgroundMethodThe Australian dingo: untamed or feral?
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“In conclusion, domestication corresponds to a pivotal change in the history not only of humanity but also of the biosphere [5, 6].”
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“On the other hand, bioarchaeologists often assume that domestic animals are descended from wild prototypes, and thereby imply that gene flow from wild to tame is necessary to maintain the fitness of the domestic type (Vigne, 2011; Zeder, 2012).”
BackgroundThe evolution of ontogenetic allometric trajectories in mammalian domestication
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“Domestication is seen as a process where people take an animal population into direct and active management (1, 2).”
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“This problem is particularly acute in areas, such as the Mediterranean and Near East, where both sheep and goats have been the major components of livestock populations for a long time (Luikart et al. 2001; Vigne 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vigne, J.-D.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Vigne, Jean-Denis
- ORCID
- Vigne, Jean-Denis
- Venue
- Comptes Rendus Biologies
- Publisher
- MathDoc/Centre Mersenne
- Published
- 2011-02-02
- Volume
- 334
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 171-181
- ISSN
- 1631-0691 (ISSN-L)
- 1768-3238
- OpenAlex
- W2164878692
- Cited by
- 416
- References
- 90
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 18
- FWCI
- 1.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Comptes Rendus Biologies (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Biology Reports (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Keywords
- animal domestication, Neolithic, animal husbandry, Near East, origins of agriculture
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Animals, Animal Husbandry, Animals, Domestic, Archaeology, Biological Evolution, Humans, History, Ancient
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