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Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jun 2021
Daly Kevin G, Mattiangeli Valeria, Hare Andrew J, Davoudi Hossein, Fathi Homa, Doost Sanaz Beizaee, Amiri Sarieh, Khazaeli Roya, Decruyenaere Delphine, Nokandeh Jebrael, Richter Tobias, Darabi Hojjat, Mortensen Peder, Pantos Alexis, Yeomans Lisa, Bangsgaard Pernille, Mashkour Marjan, Zeder Melinda A, Bradley Daniel G
Abstract excerpt
The Aceramic Neolithic (∼9600 to 7000 cal BC) period in the Zagros Mountains, western Iran, provides some of the earliest archaeological evidence of goat (Capra hircus) management and husbandry by circa 8200 cal BC, with detectable morphological change appearing ∼1,000 y later. To examine the genomic imprint of initial management and its implications for the goat domestication process, we analyzed 14 novel...
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