Article

Bioarchaeological evidence for commensal brown rats ( <i>Rattus norvegicus</i> ) in early Neolithic China

2026-01-04

Abstract excerpt

Due to its commensal relationship with humans, facilitating its dispersal from its natural range in East Asia, the brown rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) is now one of the most cosmopolitan and invasive mammals. Brown rats are also vectors of human pathogens and the most commonly used mammalian model (after mice) for biomedical research. Despite their major role in biodiversity loss and medicine, our understanding of a...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work: 9b5f677c-ab6e-5719-9a59-9580dd593cac
DOI: 10.64898/2026.01.03.697376

Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Bioarchaeological evidence for commensal brown rats ( <i>Rattus norvegicus</i> ) in early Neolithic ChinaDOI 10.64898/2026.01.03.697376Read

Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat ( <i>Rattus norvegicus</i> )Semantic proximity Read

Brown rat demography reveals pre-commensal structure in eastern Asia prior to expansion into Southeast AsiaSemantic proximity Read

Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).Semantic proximity Read

Out of Southern East Asia of the Brown Rat Revealed by Large-Scale Genome Sequencing.Semantic proximity Read

Evolutionary history of the brown rat: out of southern East Asia and selectionSemantic proximity Read

Evolutionary history of rat‐borne <i><scp>B</scp>artonella</i>: the importance of commensal rats in the dissemination of bacterial infections globallySemantic proximity Read

Population Genomics Reveals Speciation and Introgression between Brown Norway Rats and Their Sibling Species.Semantic proximity Read

Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat ( <i>Rattus rattus</i> ) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic historySemantic proximity Read

Comparative phylogeography of two commensal rat species (Rattus tanezumi and R. norvegicus) in China: insights from mitochondiral DNA, microsatellite and RADseqSemantic proximity Read

Genetic characterization of black rat (Rattus rattus) of the Canary Islands: origin and colonizationSemantic proximity Read

Region-Specific Genetic Diversity of Black Rats (Rattus rattus Complex) in Southeast and East Asia Shaped by Rapid Population Expansion Events.Semantic proximity Read

Identifying Rattus species using mitochondrial DNASemantic proximity Read