High mitochondrial diversity of domesticated goats persisted among Bronze and Iron Age pastoralists in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor

Hermes, Taylor; Frachetti, Michael; Voyakin, Dmitriy; Yerlomaeva, Antonina S.; Beisenov, Àrman Z.; Dupuy, Paula N. Doumani; Papin, D.; Matuzevičiūtė, Giedrė Motuzaitė; Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav; Houle, Jean Luc; Тишкин, А.; Nebel, Almut; Krause‐Kyora, Ben; Makarewicz, Cheryl A.

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“…However, this is apparent circa 2,000 y later in the CN when domestic goats were moved beyond their natural range. The subsequent recovery of heterozygosity in post-Neolithic goats likely reflects the onset of greater interregional gene flow (10,(46)(47)(48).…”

Section: Genomic Indications Of Management But Evidence Against a Domestication Bottleneck In An Zagros Goatsmentioning

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Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains

Daly

Mattiangeli

Hare

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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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 nuclear genomes (mean coverage 1.13X) and 32 mitochondrial (mtDNA) genomes (mean coverage 143X) from two such sites, Ganj Dareh and Tepe Abdul Hosein. These genomes show two distinct clusters: those with domestic affinity and a minority group with stronger wild affinity, indicating that managed goats were genetically distinct from wild goats at this early horizon. This genetic duality, the presence of long runs of homozygosity, shared ancestry with later Neolithic populations, a sex bias in archaeozoological remains, and demographic profiles from across all layers of Ganj Dareh support management of genetically domestic goat by circa 8200 cal BC, and represent the oldest to-this-date reported livestock genomes. In these sites a combination of high autosomal and mtDNA diversity, contrasting limited Y chromosomal lineage diversity, an absence of reported selection signatures for pigmentation, and the wild morphology of bone remains illustrates domestication as an extended process lacking a strong initial bottleneck, beginning with spatial control, demographic manipulation via biased male culling, captive breeding, and subsequently phenotypic and genomic selection.

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Section: Genomic Indications Of Management But Evidence Against a Domestication Bottleneck In An Zagros Goatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains

Daly

Mattiangeli

Hare

et al. 2021

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…They used horses and Bactrian camels extensively for stock breeding (Parzinger, 2008). Recent palaeogenetic analyses in Bronze Age and Iron Age sites indicate that domesticated goats were preferably introduced from the Middle East to the east via the ‘Inner Asian Mountain Corridor’ (an area that includes in the site of Uch Kurbu on the shores Issyk-Kul) (Hermes et al, 2020) (Figure 1). The coprophilous spore increase in core C087 during the Bronze Age may be due to the grazing of horses, camels and goats, amongst others.…”

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Humid and cold periods in the last 5600 years in Arid Central Asia revealed by palynology of Picea schrenkiana from Issyk-Kul

Leroy

Giralt

2020

The Holocene

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Central Asia, with its high mountains, despite its location between Europe and eastern Asia remains a data poor area. However, mountain glaciers are strongly affected by global change and have a wide-ranging impact. A new pollen record over the last 5600 years shows the extension of a dry Artemisia steppe around Lake Issyk-Kul, with a slightly wetter period from 4.5 to 2.7 ka BP (less Ephedra). Picea schrenkiana forest growing on north-facing slopes of the northern Tien Shan Range, are exposed to Westerlies-related precipitation. The pollen record of Picea is therefore a very good marker of wetter and cold conditions. A comparison to a nearby synchronous pollen record at a higher altitude indicates that the whole forest belt moved down, and that it was not a downwards extension of the lower forest limit only. Four cold and humid phases were evidenced over the last 5.6 ka: 5.5 ka, 4.2 ka and following centuries, 3.2 ka and following centuries (before the end of the Bronze Age) and finally the Little Ice Age, with the latter two being more strongly expressed. These climatic changes, in agreement with other Arid Central Asia investigations, corroborate the driving role of the Westerlies far inland. Human activities were more intense in the Mid and Late Bronze Age (4.5–3.2 ka) and in the last 800 years, confirmed by archaeological and historical information. Issyk-Kul and surrounding rich pastureland were most likely an important step in the ancient Silk Road.

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“…The aim of early molecular studies studying the domestication of animals was to identify the wild progenitors and the patterns associated with this process [152,153], and subsequently to map the diversity of stocks in different geographical regions and historical periods, as well as to assess their relation to present-day stocks [154,155]. Domestication of animals by humans was initiated by the taming of the wolf (Canis lupus) about 15,000 years ago by hunting and gathering human populations.…”

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Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

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Starting four decades ago, studies have examined the ecology and evolutionary dynamics of populations and species using short mitochondrial DNA fragments and stable isotopes. Through technological and analytical advances, the methods and biomolecules at our disposal have increased significantly to now include lipids, whole genomes, proteomes, and even epigenomes. At an unprecedented resolution, the study of ancient biomolecules has made it possible for us to disentangle the complex processes that shaped the ancient faunal diversity across millennia, with the potential to aid in implicating probable causes of species extinction and how humans impacted the genetics and ecology of wild and domestic species. However, even now, few studies explore interdisciplinary biomolecular approaches to reveal ancient faunal diversity dynamics in relation to environmental and anthropogenic impact. This review will approach how biomolecules have been implemented in a broad variety of topics and species, from the extinct Pleistocene megafauna to ancient wild and domestic stocks, as well as how their future use has the potential to offer an enhanced understanding of drivers of past faunal diversity on Earth.

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High mitochondrial diversity of domesticated goats persisted among Bronze and Iron Age pastoralists in the Inner Asian Mountain Corridor

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Cited by 19 publications

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Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains

Herded and hunted goat genomes from the dawn of domestication in the Zagros Mountains

Humid and cold periods in the last 5600 years in Arid Central Asia revealed by palynology of Picea schrenkiana from Issyk-Kul

Ancient Faunal History Revealed by Interdisciplinary Biomolecular Approaches

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