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Size Reduction in Early European Domestic Cattle Relates to Intensification of Neolithic Herding Strategies.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2015

Manning Katie, Timpson Adrian, Shennan Stephen, Crema Enrico

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Our analysis of over 28,000 osteometric measurements from fossil remains dating between c. 5600 and 1500 BCE reveals a substantial reduction in body mass of 33% in Neolithic central European domestic cattle. We investigate various plausible explanations for this phenotypic adaptation, dismissing climatic change as a causal factor, and further rejecting the hypothesis that it was caused by an increase in the...

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PMID: 26630287
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141873
PMCID: PMC4668083

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