The Evolution of Animal Domestication
Abstract
The domestication of plants and animals over the past 11,500 years has had a significant effect not just on the domesticated taxa but also on human evolution and on the biosphere as a whole. Decades of research into the geographical and chronological origins of domestic animals have led to a general understanding of the pattern and process of domestication, though a number of significant questions remain unresolved. Here, building upon recent theoretical advances regarding the different pathways animals followed to become domesticated, we present a large-scale synthesis that addresses the global pattern of animal domestication alongside a discussion of the differential evolutionary processes that have shaped domestic animal populations. More specifically, we present a framework for understanding how unconscious selection characterized the earliest steps of animal domestication and the role of introgression and the importance of relaxed and positive selection in shaping modern domestic phenotypes and genomes.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
The availability of cultivated cereals may have catalyzed a shift in the relationship between people and red junglefowl consistent with the commensal pathway.
“The availability of cultivated cereals may have therefore catalyzed a shift in the relationship between people and red junglefowl consistent with the commensal pathway (95, 96).”
From The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens (2022) · cites this paper as [96]
Cattle were domesticated via the prey pathway, a gradual transition from hunting wild bovids to managed husbandry.
“Cattle were domesticated via the prey pathway, a gradual transition from the hunting of wild bovids to managed husbandry, thereby securing consistent access to these animal resources [2].”
From The Genomic Landscape of Cattle: Domestication, Dispersal, and Adaptive Evolution (2026) · cites this paper as [2]
Cites
Genome sequence, comparative analysis and haplotype structure of the domestic dog
members, B. S. P., Lindblad-Toh, K., Wade, C. M., Mikkelsen, T. S., Karlsson, E. K., Jaffe, D. B., Kamal, M., Clamp, M., Chang, J. L., Kulbokas, E. J., et al. (2005) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature04338 · Cited by 2,568 · see citing works
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains
Prüfer, K., Racimo, F., Patterson, N., Jay, F., Sankararaman, S., Sawyer, S., Heinze, A., Renaud, G., Sudmant, P. H., de Filippo, C., et al. (2014) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature12886 · Cited by 2,254 · see citing works
The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution
Thompson, J. N. (2005) · doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226118697.001.0001 · Cited by 2,083 · see citing works
Evolution, consequences and future of plant and animal domestication
Diamond, J. M. (2002) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature01019 · Cited by 1,772 · see citing works
The variation of animals and plants under domestication /
Darwin, C. R. (1905) · J. Murray eBooks · doi:10.5962/bhl.title.84435 · Cited by 1,719 · see citing works
A NAC Gene Regulating Senescence Improves Grain Protein, Zinc, and Iron Content in Wheat
Uauy, C., Distelfeld, A., Fahima, T., Blechl, A. E., & Dubcovsky, J. (2006) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1133649 · Cited by 1,607 · see citing works
The geographic mosaic of coevolution
(2005) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.43-2194 · Cited by 1,586 · see citing works
Inquiries into human faculty and its development.
Galton, F. (1919) · Dent eBooks · doi:10.1037/10913-000 · Cited by 1,404 · see citing works
Whole-genome resequencing reveals loci under selection during chicken domestication
Rubin, C.-J., Zody, M. C., Eriksson, J., Meadows, J. R. S., Sherwood, E., Webster, M. T., Jiang, L., Ingman, M., Sharpe, T., Ka, S., et al. (2010) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature08832 · Cited by 1,138 · see citing works
Harlan, J. R. (1975) · Cited by 1,092 · see citing works
Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication
Larson, G., Dobney, K. M., Albarella, U., Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E. A., Robins, J. H., Lowden, S., Finlayson, H. A., Brand, T. B., Willerslev, E., et al. (2005) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1106927 · Cited by 912 · see citing works
Self-citationCurrent perspectives and the future of domestication studies
Larson, G., Piperno, D. R., Allaby, R. G., Purugganan, M. D., Andersson, L., Arroyo‐Kalin, M., Barton, L., Vigueira, C. C., Denham, T. P., Dobney, K. M., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1323964111 · Cited by 868 · see citing works
Self-citation(2008) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.45-6255 · Cited by 797 · see citing works
Sympatric speciation in animals: the ugly duckling grows up
Via, S. (2001) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/s0169-5347(01)02188-7 · Cited by 795 · see citing works
Genetic structure and domestication history of the grape
Myles, S., Boyko, A. R., Owens, C. L., Brown, P. J., Grassi, F., Aradhya, M. K., Prins, B., Reynolds, A., Chia, J.-M., Ware, D., et al. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1009363108 · Cited by 791 · see citing works
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language
Anthony, D. W. (2007) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1515/9780691292601 · Cited by 741 · see citing works
Earliest Date for Milk Use in the Near East and Southeastern Europe Linked to Cattle Herding
Evershed, R. P., Payne, S., Sherratt, A. G., Copley, M. S., Coolidge, J., Urem-Kotsu, D., Kotsakis, K., Özdoğan, M., Özdoğan, A. E., Nieuwenhuyse, O., et al. (2008) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature07180 · Cited by 681 · see citing works
Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome
Rubin, C.-J., Megens, H.-J., Barrio, A. M., Maqbool, K., Sayyab, S., Schwochow, D., Wang, C., Carlborg, Ö., Jern, P., Jørgensen, C. B., et al. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1217149109 · Cited by 652 · see citing works
Evolution of domesticated animals.
Mason, I. L. (1984) · Cited by 645 · see citing works
From wild animals to domestic pets, an evolutionary view of domestication
Driscoll, C. A., Macdonald, D. W., & O'Brien, S. J. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0901586106 · Cited by 639 · see citing works
Animal evolution during domestication: the domesticated fox as a model
Trut, L., Oskina, I., & Kharlamova, A. (2009) · BioEssays · doi:10.1002/bies.200800070 · Cited by 636 · see citing works
Documenting Domestication. New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms
Clement, C. R. (2006) · Economic Botany · doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2006)60[398a:ddngaa]2.0.co;2 · Cited by 626 · see citing works
Early canid domestication: the farm-fox experiment.
Trut, L. (1999) · American Scientist · doi:10.1511/1999.2.160 · Cited by 626 · see citing works
Agricultural Origins and Dispersals
West, R. C., & Sauer, C. O. (1953) · Economic Geography · doi:10.2307/142540 · Cited by 589 · see citing works
African Pastoralism: Genetic Imprints of Origins and Migrations
Hanotte, O., Bradley, D. G., Ochieng, J. W., Verjee, Y., Hill, E. W., & Rege, J. E. O. (2002) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1069878 · Cited by 567 · see citing works
Multiple maternal origins and weak phylogeographic structure in domestic goats
Luikart, G., Gielly, L., Excoffier, L., Vigne, J., Bouvet, J., & Taberlet, P. (2001) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.091591198 · Cited by 564 · see citing works
Efficient mapping of mendelian traits in dogs through genome-wide association
Karlsson, E. K., Baranowska, I., Wade, C. M., Hillbertz, N. S., Zody, M. C., Anderson, N., Biagi, T., Patterson, N. J., Pielberg, G., Kulbokas, E. J., et al. (2007) · Nature Genetics · doi:10.1038/ng.2007.10 · Cited by 560 · see citing works
Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken
Eriksson, J., Larson, G., Gunnarsson, U., Bed’Hom, B., Tixier‐Boichard, M., Strömstedt, L., Wright, D., Jungerius, A., Vereijken, A., Randi, E., et al. (2008) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000010 · Cited by 544 · see citing works
Self-citationRethinking Dog Domestication by Integrating Genetics, Archeology, and Biogeography
Larson, G., Karlsson, E. K., Perri, A., Webster, M. T., Ho, S. Y. W., Peters, J., Stahl, P. W., Piper, P. J., Lingaas, F., Fredholm, M., et al. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1203005109 · Cited by 540 · see citing works
Self-citationThe variation of animals and plants under domestication
Darwin, C. R. (1897) · D. Appleton eBooks · doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46249 · Cited by 531 · see citing works
A history of domesticated animals.
Zeuner, F. E. (1963) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 525 · see citing works
Widespread Origins of Domestic Horse Lineages
Vilà, C., Leonard, J. A., Götherström, A., Marklund, S. L., Sandberg, K., Lidén, K., Wayne, R. K., & Ellegren, H. (2001) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.291.5503.474 · Cited by 510 · see citing works
Sympatric speciation in animals: new wine in old bottles
Bush, G. L. (1994) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/0169-5347(94)90031-0 · Cited by 479 · see citing works
Balon, E. K. (1995) · Aquaculture · doi:10.1016/0044-8486(94)00227-f · Cited by 433 · see citing works
Cornille, A., Gladieux, P., SMULDERS, M. J. M., Roldán-Ruíz, I., Laurens, F., Cam, B. L., Nersesyan, A. A., Clavel, J. G., Olonova, M. V., Feugey, L., et al. (2012) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002703 · Cited by 432 · see citing works
Molecular and Evolutionary History of Melanism in North American Gray Wolves
Anderson, T. M., vonHoldt, B. M., Candille, S. I., Musiani, M., Greco, C., Stahler, D. R., Smith, D. W., Padhukasahasram, B., Randi, E., Leonard, J. A., et al. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1165448 · Cited by 416 · see citing works
Vigne, J.-D. (2011) · Comptes Rendus Biologies · doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.009 · Cited by 416 · see citing works
Morin, P. A., Archer, F. I., Foote, A. D., et al. (2010) · Genome Research · doi:10.1101/gr.102954.109 · Cited by 413 · see citing works
The secondary exploitation of animals in the Old World
Sherratt, A. (1983) · World Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00438243.1983.9979887 · Cited by 412 · see citing works
Genetic signals of origin, spread, and introgression in a large sample of maize landraces
van Heerwaarden, J., Doebley, J., Briggs, W. H., Glaubitz, J. C., Goodman, M. M., González, J. D. J. S., & Ross‐Ibarra, J. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1013011108 · Cited by 407 · see citing works
Zeder, M. A. (2012) · Journal of Anthropological Research · doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0068.201 · Cited by 406 · see citing works
A Bountiful Harvest: Genomic Insights into Crop Domestication Phenotypes
Olsen, K. M., & Wendel, J. F. (2013) · Annual Review of Plant Biology · doi:10.1146/annurev-arplant-050312-120048 · Cited by 398 · see citing works
Agricultural Origins and Frontiers in South Asia: A Working Synthesis
Fuller, D. Q. (2006) · Journal of World Prehistory · doi:10.1007/s10963-006-9006-8 · Cited by 387 · see citing works
Self-citationConsilience of genetics and archaeobotany in the entangled history of rice
Fuller, D. Q., Sato, Y., Castillo, C., Qin, L., Weisskopf, A. R., Kingwell-Banham, E., Song, J., Ahn, S., & van Etten, J. (2010) · Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences · doi:10.1007/s12520-010-0035-y · Cited by 368 · see citing works
Self-citationThe Walking Larder: Patterns of Domestication, Pastoralism, and Predation
Sherratt, A., & Clutton–Brock, J. (1989) · Man · doi:10.2307/2804296 · Cited by 356 · see citing works
Coat Color Variation at the Beginning of Horse Domestication
Ludwig, A., Pruvost, M., Reißmann, M., Benecke, N., Brockmann, G. A., Castaños, P., Cieslak, M., Lippold, S., Rodríguez, L. L., Malaspinas, A., et al. (2009) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1172750 · Cited by 309 · see citing works
Rapid Domestication of Marine Species
Duarte, C. M., Marbà, N., & Holmer, M. (2007) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1138042 · Cited by 298 · see citing works
A population genetics view of animal domestication
Larson, G., & Bürger, J. (2013) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/j.tig.2013.01.003 · Cited by 297 · see citing works
Self-citationAgricultural Origins and Dispersals. By Carl O. Sauer.
Carter, G. F. (1954) · American Journal of Archaeology · doi:10.2307/500917 · Cited by 291 · see citing works
Contrasting Mode of Evolution at a Coat Color Locus in Wild and Domestic Pigs
Fang, M., Larson, G., Ribeiro, H., Li, N., & Andersson, L. (2009) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000341 · Cited by 271 · see citing works
Self-citationBoivin, N., & Fuller, D. Q. (2009) · Journal of World Prehistory · doi:10.1007/s10963-009-9018-2 · Cited by 268 · see citing works
Self-citationFuller, D. Q., Willcox, G., & Allaby, R. G. (2011) · World Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00438243.2011.624747 · Cited by 268 · see citing works
Self-citationThe Secondary Products Revolution: the past, the present and the future
Greenfield, H. J. (2010) · World Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00438240903429722 · Cited by 264 · see citing works
Ottoni, C., Girdland-Flink, L., Evin, A., Geörg, C., Cupere, B. D., Neer, W. V., Bartosiewicz, L., Linderholm, A. E., Barnett, R., Peters, J., et al. (2012) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/mss261 · Cited by 259 · see citing works
Self-citationEvidence of three maternal lineages in near eastern sheep supporting multiple domestication events
Pedrosa, S., Uzun, M., Arranz, J. J., Gutiérrez‐Gil, B., Primitivo, F. S., & Bayón, Y. (2005) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3204 · Cited by 244 · see citing works
Fuller, D. Q., Allaby, R. G., & Stevens, C. J. (2010) · World Archaeology · doi:10.1080/00438240903429680 · Cited by 242 · see citing works
Self-citationAgricultural Origins and Frontiers in South Asia: A Working Synthesis
Fuller, D. Q. (2007) · Journal of World Prehistory · doi:10.1007/s10963-006-9007-7 · Cited by 232 · see citing works
Self-citationCucchi, T., Hulme‐Beaman, A., Yuan, J., & Dobney, K. M. (2010) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.024 · Cited by 231 · see citing works
Textile Extensification, Alienation, and Social Stratification in Ancient Mesopotamia
McCorriston, J. (1997) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/204643 · Cited by 224 · see citing works
Foraging and farming as niche construction: stable and unstable adaptations
Rowley-Conwy, P., & Layton, R. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0307 · Cited by 224 · see citing works
Did chickens go North? New evidence for domestication
West, B., & Zhou, B.-X. (1988) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/0305-4403(88)90080-5 · Cited by 221 · see citing works
A Paleogenomic Perspective on Evolution and Gene Function: New Insights from Ancient DNA
Shapiro, B., & Hofreiter, M. (2014) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1236573 · Cited by 220 · see citing works
The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives
Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.006 · Cited by 216 · see citing works
Earliest evidence for commensal processes of cat domestication
Hu, Y., Hu, S., Wang, W., Wu, X., Marshall, F. B., Chen, X., Hou, L., & Wang, C. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1311439110 · Cited by 214 · see citing works
The Cambridge world history of food
(2001) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.38-5601 · Cited by 210 · see citing works
Megafaunal Extinctions and the Disappearance of a Specialized Wolf Ecomorph
Leonard, J. A., Vilà, C., Fox‐Dobbs, K., Koch, P. L., Wayne, R. K., & Valkenburgh, B. V. (2007) · Current Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cub.2007.05.072 · Cited by 209 · see citing works
Relaxation of selective constraint on dog mitochondrial DNA following domestication
Björnerfeldt, S., Webster, M. T., & Vilà, C. (2006) · Genome Research · doi:10.1101/gr.5117706 · Cited by 203 · see citing works
Pierpaoli, M., Birò, Z. S., Herrmann, M., et al. (2003) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01939.x · Cited by 201 · see citing works
Musiani, M., Leonard, J., Cluff, H., Gates, C., Mariani, S., Paquet, P., Vilà, C., & Wayne, R. (2007) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03458.x · Cited by 199 · see citing works
Hybridization between Wolves and Dogs
Vilà, C., & Wayne, R. K. (1999) · Conservation Biology · doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.97425.x · Cited by 186 · see citing works
First wave of cultivators spread to Cyprus at least 10,600 y ago
Vigne, J., Briois, F., Zazzo, A., Willcox, G., Cucchi, T., Thiébault, S., Carrère, I., Franel, Y., Touquet, R., Martin, C., et al. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1201693109 · Cited by 184 · see citing works
Foote, A. D., Newton, J., Piertney, S. B., Willerslev, E., & Gilbert, M. T. P. (2009) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2009.04407.x · Cited by 184 · see citing works
Andrews, R. D., Pitman, R. L., & Ballance, L. T. (2008) · Polar Biology · doi:10.1007/s00300-008-0487-z · Cited by 182 · see citing works
The Early Process of Mammal Domestication in the Near East
Vigne, J., Carrère, I., Briois, F., & Guilaine, J. (2011) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/659306 · Cited by 179 · see citing works
Zooarcheological evidence for animal domestication in northwest China
Flad, R. K., Yuan, J. 袁., & Li, S. 李. (2007) · Developments in Quaternary Sciences · doi:10.1016/s1571-0866(07)09012-4 · Cited by 176 · see citing works
Frantz, L., Schraiber, J. G., Madsen, O., Megens, H., Bosse, M., Paudel, Y., Semiadi, G., Meijaard, E., Li, N., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., et al. (2013) · Genome biology · doi:10.1186/gb-2013-14-9-r107 · Cited by 174 · see citing works
Self-citationThe role of unconscious selection in the domestication of sheep and goats
Zohary, D., Tchernov, E., & Horwitz, L. K. (1998) · Journal of Zoology · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1998.tb00082.x · Cited by 165 · see citing works
Population history and genetic structure of a circumpolar species: the arctic fox
Dalén, L., Fuglei, E., Hersteinsson, P., Kapel, C. M. O., Roth, J. D., Samelius, G., Tannerfeldt, M., & Angerbjörn, A. (2004) · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society · doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00415.x · Cited by 164 · see citing works
Management increases genetic diversity of honey bees via admixture
Harpur, B. A., Minaei, S., Kent, C. F., & Zayed, A. (2012) · Molecular Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.2012.05614.x · Cited by 159 · see citing works
Maternal and Paternal Lineages in Cross-Breeding Bovine Species. Has Wisent a Hybrid Origin?
Verkaar, E. L. C., Nijman, I. J., Beeke, M., Hanekamp, E. E., & Lenstra, J. A. (2004) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msh064 · Cited by 158 · see citing works
Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication
Marshall, F. B., Dobney, K. M., Denham, T. P., & Capriles, J. M. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1312984110 · Cited by 157 · see citing works
The legacy of domestication: accumulation of deleterious mutations in the dog genome
Cruz, F., Vila, C., & Webster, M. T. (2008) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msn177 · Cited by 154 · see citing works
A forager–herder trade-off, from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep management at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey
Stiner, M. C., Buitenhuis, H., Duru, G., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1322723111 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Genes of domestic mammals augmented by backcrossing with wild ancestors
Vilà, C., Seddon, J. M., & Ellegren, H. (2005) · Trends in Genetics · doi:10.1016/j.tig.2005.02.004 · Cited by 153 · see citing works
Willcox, G., & Stordeur, D. (2012) · Antiquity · doi:10.1017/s0003598x00062487 · Cited by 150 · see citing works
A History of Domesticated Animals
Clutton–Brock, J., & Zeuner, F. E. (1964) · Journal of Animal Ecology · doi:10.2307/2363 · Cited by 150 · see citing works
Ervynck, A., Dobney, K. M., Hongo, H., & Meadow, R. (2001) · Paléorient · doi:10.3406/paleo.2001.4731 · Cited by 149 · see citing works
50 Years of archaeology in Southeast Asia: Essays in Honour of Ian Glover
Bellina, B., Bacus, E., Pryce, T. O., & Christie, J. W. (2010) · HAL · Cited by 148 · see citing works
Camelids in ancient Andean societies: A review of the zooarchaeological evidence
Goñalons, G. L. M. (2007) · Quaternary International · doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2007.05.022 · Cited by 146 · see citing works
Indus ethnobiology: new perspectives from the field
(2004) · Choice Reviews Online · doi:10.5860/choice.41-5993 · Cited by 144 · see citing works
The Genetic Structure of Domestic Rabbits
Carneiro, M., Afonso, S., Geraldes, A., Garreau, H., Bolet, G., Boucher, S., Tircazes, A., Queney, G., Nachman, M. W., & Ferrand, N. (2011) · Molecular Biology and Evolution · doi:10.1093/molbev/msr003 · Cited by 139 · see citing works
Genetic architecture of tameness in a rat model of animal domestication
Albert, F. W., Carlborg, O., Plyusnina, I., Besnier, F., Hedwig, D., Lautenschläger, S., Lorenz, D., McIntosh, J., Neumann, C., Richter, H., et al. (2009) · Genetics · doi:10.1534/genetics.109.102186 · Cited by 136 · see citing works
Genetic analyses reveal independent domestication origins of Eurasian reindeer
Røed, K. H., Flagstad, Ø., Nieminen, M., Holand, Ø., Dwyer, M. J., Røv, N., & Vilà, C. (2008) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.0332 · Cited by 133 · see citing works
Statistics and Related Topics in Single-Molecule Biophysics
Qian, H., & Kou, S. C. (2013) · Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application · doi:10.1146/annurev-statistics-022513-115535 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
The Origins of Agriculture and Settled Life.
Oyuela‐Caycedo, A., & MacNeish, R. S. (1995) · Hispanic American Historical Review · doi:10.2307/2517239 · Cited by 132 · see citing works
Dismantling Dung: Delayed Use of Food Resources among Early Holocene Foragers of the Libyan Sahara
di Lernia, S. (2001) · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · doi:10.1006/jaar.2000.0384 · Cited by 120 · see citing works
Geographic Mode of Speciation and Genomic Divergence
Feder, J. L., Flaxman, S. M., Egan, S. P., Comeault, A. A., & Nosil, P. (2013) · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110512-135825 · Cited by 119 · see citing works
Morphological and genetic evidence for early Holocene cattle management in northeastern China
Zhang, H., Paijmans, J. L. A., Chang, F., Wu, X., Chen, G., Lei, C., Yang, X., Wei, Z., Bradley, D. G., Orlando, L., et al. (2013) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms3755 · Cited by 109 · see citing works
Establishing the validity of domestication genes using DNA from ancient chickens
Girdland Flink, L., Allen, R., Barnett, R., Malmström, H., Peters, J., Eriksson, J., Andersson, L., Dobney, K., & Larson, G. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1308939110 · Cited by 107 · see citing works
Self-citationStorytelling and story testing in domestication
Gerbault, P., Allaby, R. G., Boivin, N. L., Rudzinski, A., Grimaldi, I. M., Pires, J. C., Vigueira, C. C., Dobney, K. M., Gremillion, K. J., Barton, L., et al. (2014) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1400425111 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Self-citationAre the early holocene cattle in the eastern sahara domestic or wild?
Wendorf, F., & Schild, R. (1994) · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.1360030406 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Thornton, E. K., Emery, K. F., Steadman, D. W., et al. (2012) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042630 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees
Bloch, G., Francoy, T. M., Wachtel, I., et al. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1003265107 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
Domestication Processes and Morphological Change
Marshall, F. B., & Weissbrod, L. (2011) · Current Anthropology · doi:10.1086/658389 · Cited by 79 · see citing works
LeDuc, R. G., Robertson, K. M., & Pitman, R. L. (2008) · Biology Letters · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0168 · Cited by 77 · see citing works
Widespread horizontal genomic exchange does not erode species barriers among sympatric ducks
Kraus, R. H., Kerstens, H. H. D., van Hooft, P., Megens, H., Elmberg, J., Цвей, А. Л., Sartakov, D., Soloviev, S. A., Crooijmans, R. P. M. A., Groenen, M. A. M., et al. (2012) · BMC Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-45 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
An Alternative Way Towards Food Production: The Perspective from the Libyan Sahara
Garcea, E. A. A. (2004) · Journal of World Prehistory · doi:10.1007/s10963-004-2878-6 · Cited by 66 · see citing works
Bjørnstad, G., Flagstad, Ø., Hufthammer, A. K., et al. (2011) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.006 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Nuijten, E., van Treuren, R., Struik, P. C., et al. (2009) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007335 · Cited by 61 · see citing works
The origins of agriculture and settled life
Withers, C. W. J. (1993) · Endeavour · doi:10.1016/0160-9327(93)90241-t · Cited by 61 · see citing works
Peters, J., & von den Driesch, A. (1997) · Journal of Zoology · doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb05819.x · Cited by 60 · see citing works
An Emerging Paradigm Shift in the Origins of Agriculture
Fuller, D. Q. (2010) · General Anthropology · doi:10.1111/j.1939-3466.2010.00010.x · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Self-citationMarom, N., & Bar-Oz, G. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055958 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
The Early to Late Neolithic Archeofaunas from Nabta and Bir Kiseiba
Gautier, A. (2001) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0653-9_23 · Cited by 54 · see citing works
Strønen, A. V., Navid, E. L., Quinn, M. S., Paquet, P. C., Bryan, H. M., & Darimont, C. T. (2014) · BMC Ecology · doi:10.1186/1472-6785-14-11 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
Reindeer corrals 4700–4200 BC: Myth or reality?
Helskog, K. (2010) · Quaternary International · doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.001 · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Re-evaluating the history of the wheat domestication gene NAM-B1 using historical plant material
Asplund, L., Hagenblad, J., & Leino, M. W. (2010) · Journal of Archaeological Science · doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.04.003 · Cited by 40 · see citing works
Wright, R. P. (1997) · Current Anthropology · Cited by 36 · see citing works
Fritzsche, P., Neumann, K., Nasdal, K., & Gattermann, R. (2006) · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · doi:10.1007/s00265-006-0159-3 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Nakajima, T., Nakajima, M., Mizuno, T., Sun, G., He, S., & Liu, H. (2010) · International Journal of Osteoarchaeology · doi:10.1002/oa.1206 · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Evidence for fish cultivation during the Yayoi Period in western Japan
Nakajima, T., Nakajima, M., & Yamazaki, T. (2008) · International Journal of Osteoarchaeology · doi:10.1002/oa.1005 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Analysis of genetic relationships in horse breeds
Jordana, J., Parés-Casanova, P. M., & Sánchez, A. (1995) · Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · doi:10.1016/s0737-0806(06)81738-7 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Grøn, O. (2011) · Quaternary International · doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.01.025 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
The Archaeological Textiles from Ban Don Ta Phet in broader perspective
Cameron, J. (2010) · ANU Open Research (Australian National University) · Cited by 9 · see citing works
ポリネシアラット クマナンヨウネズミ(Peale,1848年)(哺乳類:げっ歯目:ネズミ)の頭蓋の特徴における地理的変異
Motokawa, M., Lk, L., & Kh, L. (2004) · The Raffles bulletin of zoology · Cited by 9 · see citing works
Good, I. L. (2011) · Oxbow Books · doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dr2k.21 · Cited by 6 · see citing works
Luff, R.-M. (2000) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/chol9780521402149.054 · Cited by 4 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Convergent genomic signatures of domestication in sheep and goats
Alberto, F. J., Boyer, F., Orozco-terWengel, P., Streeter, I., Servin, B., de Villemereuil, P., Benjelloun, B., Librado, P., Biscarini, F., Colli, L., et al. (2018) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03206-y · Cited by 339 · see citing works
Stevens, C. J., Murphy, C., Roberts, R., Lucas, L., Silva, F., & Fuller, D. Q. (2016) · The Holocene · doi:10.1177/0959683616650268 · Cited by 303 · see citing works
Self-citation863 genomes reveal the origin and domestication of chicken
Wang, M.-S., Thakur, M., Peng, M.-S., Jiang, Y., Frantz, L. A. F., Li, M., Zhang, J.-J., Wang, S., Peters, J., Otecko, N. O., et al. (2020) · Cell Research · doi:10.1038/s41422-020-0349-y · Cited by 286 · see citing works
Self-citationSánchez-Villagra, M. R., Geiger, M., & Schneider, R. A. (2016) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.160107 · Cited by 195 · see citing works
The origin of domestication genes in goats
Zheng, Z., Wang, X., Li, M., Li, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, X., Pan, X., Gong, M., Zhang, Y., Guo, Y., et al. (2020) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.aaz5216 · Cited by 184 · see citing works
Wels, M., Siezen, R., van Hijum, S., Kelly, W. J., & Bachmann, H. (2019) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00004 · Cited by 181 · see citing works
The biocultural origins and dispersal of domestic chickens
Peters, J., Lebrasseur, O., Irving-Pease, E. K., Paxinos, P. D., Best, J., Smallman, R., Callou, C., Gardeisen, A., Trixl, S., Frantz, L., et al. (2022) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.2121978119 · Cited by 139 · see citing works
“The availability of cultivated cereals may have therefore catalyzed a shift in the relationship between people and red junglefowl consistent with the commensal pathway (95, 96).”
BackgroundSelf-citationEvaluating the self‐domestication hypothesis of human evolution
Sánchez‐Villagra, M. R., & van Schaik, C. P. (2019) · Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews · doi:10.1002/evan.21777 · Cited by 115 · see citing works
Demographically-based evaluation of genomic regions under selection in domestic dogs
Freedman, A. H., Schweizer, R. M., Ortega-Del Vecchyo, D., Han, E., Davis, B. W., Gronau, I., Silva, P. M., Galaverni, M., Fan, Z., Marx, P., et al. (2016) · PLoS Genetics · doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005851 · Cited by 104 · see citing works
The Domestication Makeup: Evolution, Survival, and Challenges
Ahmad, H. I., Ahmad, M. J., Jabbir, F., Ahmar, S., Ahmad, N., Elokil, A. A., & Chen, J. (2020) · Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00103 · Cited by 98 · see citing works
Integrating social ecology in explanations of wolf–dog behavioral differences
Marshall-Pescini, S., Cafazzo, S., Virányi, Z., & Range, F. (2017) · Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.05.002 · Cited by 95 · see citing works
Wang, M.-S., Zhang, R.-W., Su, L.-Y., Li, Y., Peng, M.-S., Liu, H.-Q., Zeng, L., Irwin, D. M., Du, J.-L., Yao, Y.-G., et al. (2016) · Cell Research · doi:10.1038/cr.2016.44 · Cited by 85 · see citing works
Evolution and Domestication of the Bovini Species
Zhang, K., Lenstra, J. A., Zhang, S., Liu, W., & Liu, J. (2020) · Animal Genetics · doi:10.1111/age.12974 · Cited by 82 · see citing works
Evolutionary History, Selective Sweeps, and Deleterious Variation in the Dog
Freedman, A. H., Lohmueller, K. E., & Wayne, R. K. (2016) · Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics · doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032155 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
Vignal, A., Boitard, S., Thébault, N., Dayo, G., Yapi‐Gnaore, V., Youssao Abdou Karim, I., Berthouly‐Salazar, C., Pálinkás‐Bodzsár, N., Guémené, D., Thibaud‐Nissen, F., et al. (2019) · Molecular Ecology Resources · doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13017 · Cited by 48 · see citing works
Balcarcel, A. M., Veitschegger, K., Clauss, M., & Sánchez-Villagra, M. R. (2021) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0813 · Cited by 35 · see citing works
Genetic Analysis of Thai Cattle Reveals a Southeast Asian Indicine Ancestry
Wangkumhang, P., Wilantho, A., Shaw, P. J., Flori, L., Moazami-Goudarzi, K., Gautier, M., Duangjinda, M., Assawamakin, A., & Tongsima, S. (2015) · PeerJ · doi:10.7717/peerj.1318 · Cited by 26 · see citing works
Evolution and Legacy of East Asian Aurochs
Hou, J., Guan, X., Xia, X., Lyu, Y., Liu, X., Mazei, Y., Xie, P., Chang, F., Zhang, X., Chen, J., et al. (2024) · Science Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.scib.2024.09.016 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
A missense mutation in <i>RRM1</i> contributes to animal tameness
Dou, M., Li, M., Zheng, Z., Chen, Q., Wu, Y., Wang, J., Shan, H., Wang, F., Dai, X., Li, Y., et al. (2023) · Science Advances · doi:10.1126/sciadv.adf4068 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
In search of Estonia’s earliest chicken
Ehrlich, F., Rannamäe, E., Laneman, M., Tõrv, M., Lang, V., Oras, E., & Lõugas, L. (2021) · Estonian Journal of Archaeology · doi:10.3176/arch.2021.2.04 · Cited by 3 · see citing works
The Genomic Landscape of Cattle: Domestication, Dispersal, and Adaptive Evolution
Liu, Y., Dao, W., Gao, R., Fan, X., Yang, R., & Miao, Y. (2026) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani16050776 · Cited by 1 · see citing works
- Authors
- Larson, G., & Fuller, D. Q.
- Affiliations
- Durham University (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2014-11-23
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 115-136
- ISSN
- 1543-592X (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2069
- OpenAlex
- W2100715199
- Cited by
- 640
- References
- 127
- Citations by year
- 2026: 42 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 66 · 2020: 63 · 2019: 68 · 2018: 69 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 3.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/L006979/1)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F003382/2, NE/F003382/1, NE/G005540/1, NE/K003259/1, NE/K003402/1, NE/K005243/2, NE/K005243/1, NE/H005552/1, NE/H005269/1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Keywords
- animal domestication, introgression, relaxed selection, positive selection, human evolution, domestication syndrome
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
