The origins of animal domestication and husbandry: A major change in the history of humanity and the biosphere

Vigne, J.-D.

doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.009

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“…Whether management that results in changes to feeding and behavioural stereotypy represents domestication is a matter of semantics beyond the remit of this paper. However, it should be noted that scientific discoveries during the last decade have shown that animal as well as plant domestications represent extended processes rather than sudden events 11,[34][35][36][37] . For example, it has been argued that canid remains being as old as B30,000 BP may represent the remains of early dog domestication attempts (refs 38-41 but see refs 42,43).…”

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Morphological and genetic evidence for early Holocene cattle management in northeastern China

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Morphological and genetic evidence for early Holocene cattle management in northeastern China

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“…16,000 years ago); domestication of plants and animals, with the earliest onset in the Near East placed at ~12,000 years ago (e.g., Vigne, 2011;Zohary et al, 2012;Smith & Zeder, 2013), or perhaps, even as early as 23,000 years ago for plants (Snir et al, 2015); development of anthropogenic soils ~2,000 years ago, (Certini & Scalenghe, 2011).…”

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The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current Landscape of Israel

Ackermann

Maeir

Frumin

et al. 2017

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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Worldwide, human impact on natural landscapes has intensified since prehistoric times, and this is well documented in the global archaeological record. The period between the earliest hominids and the Industrial Revolution of the late 18-19 th centuries is known as the Paleo-Anthropocene. The current study reviews key geoarchaeological, floral and faunal factors of the Paleo-Anthropocene in Israel, an area that has undergone human activities in various intensities since prehistoric times. It discusses significant human imprints on these three features in the Israeli landscape, demonstrating that its current form is almost entirely anthropogenic. Moreover, some of the past physical changes still dynamically shape Israel's zoological, archaeological and geomorphic landscape today. It is hoped that insights from this article might aid in guiding present-day management strategies of undeveloped areas through renewal of human activity guided by traditional knowledge.

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“…These species are believed to be intermediate between being wild and being domesticated (Vigne, 2011;Zeder, 2012) and include some of the world's most cosmopolitan species such as the house mouse (Mus musculus), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and house crow (Corvus splendens).…”

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Commensalism facilitates gene flow in mountains: a comparison between two Rattus species

Varudkar

Ramakrishnan

2015

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A Varudkar and U RamakrishnanSmall mammal dispersal is strongly affected by geographical barriers. However, commensal small mammals may be passively transported over large distances and strong barriers by humans (often with agricultural products). This pattern should be especially apparent in topographically complex landscapes, such as mountain ranges, where valleys and/or peaks can limit dispersal of less vagile species. We predict that commensal species would have lower genetic differentiation and higher migration rates than related non-commensals in such landscapes. We contrasted population genetic differentiation in two sympatric Rattus species (R. satarae and R. rattus) in the Western Ghats mountains in southern India. We sampled rats from villages and adjacent forests in seven locations (20-640 km apart). Capture-based statistics confirmed that R. rattus is abundant in human settlements in this region, whereas R. satarae is non-commensal and found mostly in forests. Population structure analyses using~970-bp mitochondrial control region and 17 microsatellite loci revealed higher differentiation for the non-commensal species (R. satarae F-statistics = 0.420, 0.065, R. rattus F-statistics = 0.195, 0.034; mitochondrial DNA, microsatellites, respectively). Genetic clustering analyses confirm that clusters in R. satarae are more distinct and less admixed than those in R. rattus. R. satarae shows higher slope for isolation-by-distance compared with R. rattus. Although mode of migration estimates do not strongly suggest higher rates in R. rattus than in R. satarae, they indicate that migration over long distances could still be higher in R. rattus. We suggest that association with humans could drive the observed pattern of differentiation in the commensal R. rattus, consequently impacting not only their dispersal abilities, but also their evolutionary trajectories. INTRODUCTIONHumans present a strong evolutionary force, driving the trajectories of several animal and plant species closely associated with them, called commensals or synanthropes (Matisoo-Smith, 2009;Zeder, 2012). These species are believed to be intermediate between being wild and being domesticated (Vigne, 2011;Zeder, 2012) and include some of the world's most cosmopolitan species such as the house mouse (Mus musculus), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), house sparrow (Passer domesticus) and house crow (Corvus splendens).Commensals benefit from human interactions through exploitation of anthropogenic ecosystems for food and shelter. In addition, human-mediated transport of founding individuals over long distances results in large geographical ranges for these species and colonisation of new areas, which would otherwise be inaccessible (Cucchi and Vigne, 2006;Jones et al., 2012). Consequently, human activities could promote their diffusion by eliminating ecological, as well as landscape barriers, thereby aiding in 'jump dispersal' across longer distances and potent barriers (Schrey et al., 2014).Of the prominent landscape features that act as barriers ...

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The origins of animal domestication and husbandry: A major change in the history of humanity and the biosphere

Abstract: The origins of animal domestication and husbandry: A major change in the history of humanity and the biosphere Les origines de la domestication des animaux et de l'e´levage : un changement majeur dans l'histoire de l'humanite´et de la biosphe`re

Cited by 301 publications

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Morphological and genetic evidence for early Holocene cattle management in northeastern China

Morphological and genetic evidence for early Holocene cattle management in northeastern China

The Paleo-Anthropocene and the Genesis of the Current Landscape of Israel

Commensalism facilitates gene flow in mountains: a comparison between two Rattus species

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