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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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“This is consistent with the view that domestication may be best represented as a spectrum or continuum [120], with a polygenic basis and non-uniform symptomatology.”
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- 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
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- 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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