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Ancient Cattle Genomics, Origins, and Rapid Turnover in the Fertile Crescent

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Verdugo, Marta Pereira, Mullin, Victoria E., Scheu, Amelie, Mattiangeli, Valeria, Daly, Kevin G., Maisano Delser, Pierpaolo, Hare, Andrew J., Burger, Joachim +33 more·2019·Science

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from the Indus Valley. This process was likely stimulated at the onset of the current geological age, ~4.2 thousand years ago, by a widespread multicentury drought. In contrast to genome-wide admixture, mitochondrial DNA stasis supports that this introgression was male-driven, suggesting that selection of arid-adapted zebu bulls enhanced herd survival. This human-mediated migration of zebu-derived genetics has continued through millennia, altering tropical herding on each continent.

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  • During the Late Bronze Age (~4200 years ago), widespread drought led to rapid and extensive genetic introgression of Indian cattle into domesticated cattle populations in the Southern Levant.

    “During the Late Bronze Age (~4200 years ago), widespread drought led to rapid and extensive genetic introgression of Indian cattle into domesticated cattle populations in the Southern Levant [28].”

    From The Genomic Landscape of Cattle: Domestication, Dispersal, and Adaptive Evolution (2026) · cites this paper as [28]

    The paper reports rapid, widespread Bronze Age introgression of Indus Valley zebu into Near Eastern cattle, including animals in the southern Levant. It says the influx was *likely stimulated* by a widespread drought around 4.2 ka; it does not establish that drought caused it, as the claim's “led to” implies. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Verdugo, M. P., Mullin, V. E., Scheu, A., Mattiangeli, V., Daly, K. G., Maisano Delser, P., Hare, A. J., Burger, J., Collins, M. J., Kehati, R., Hesse, P., Fulton, D., Sauer, E. W., Mohaseb, F. A., Davoudi, H., Khazaeli, R., Lhuillier, J., Rapin, C., Ebrahimi, S., Khasanov, M., Vahidi, S. M. F., MacHugh, D. E., Ertuğrul, O., Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, C., Sampson, A., Kazantzis, G., Kontopoulos, I., Bulatovic, J., Stojanović, I., Mikdad, A., Benecke, N., Linstädter, J., Sablin, M., Bendrey, R., Gourichon, L., Arbuckle, B. S., Mashkour, M., Orton, D., Horwitz, L. K., Teasdale, M. D., & Bradley, D. G.
Affiliations
  • Trinity College Dublin (IE)
  • Natural History Museum (GB)
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
  • Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland.
  • Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution (iOME), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany.
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • 448 Shvil Hachalav Street, Nir Banim 7952500, Israel.
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
  • Baylor University (US)
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique (UMR 7209), CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France.
  • Tarbiat Modares University (IR)
  • University of Tehran (IR)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Islamic Azad University, Tehran (IR)
  • Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan (UZ)
  • Agricultural Research & Education Organization (IR)
  • University College Dublin (IE)
  • Veterinary Faculty, Ankara University, 06110 Ankara, Turkey.
  • Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Department of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, and Museums, Serres 62 122, Greece.
  • Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean, 85132 Rhodes, Greece.
  • Archaeological Museum of Aeani, 500 04, Kozani, Western Macedonia, Greece.
  • University of York (GB)
  • Laboratory for Bioarchaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
  • Arheološki Institut (RS)
  • Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (MA)
  • Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Zentrale (DE)
  • Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen (DE)
  • Zoological Institute (RU)
  • University of Reading (GB)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
Corresponding author
  • Verdugo, Marta Pereira
  • Mullin, Victoria E.
  • Scheu, Amelie
  • Kehati, Ron
  • Bradley, Daniel G.
Venue
Science
Published
2019-07-12
Volume
365
Issue
6449
Pages
173-176
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2958153153
Cited by
227
References
142
Citations by year
2026: 28 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 5
FWCI
14.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RAI - Repository of the Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade (submittedVersion)
Funders
European Research Council (295729-CodeX)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Keywords
cattle origin, Fertile Crescent, 4.2 ka drought, livestock domestication
MeSH terms
Domestication, Animals, Cattle, DNA, Mitochondrial, Fertility, Genome, Evolution, Molecular, Genomics, Human Migration

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