Animal Domestication

In the News

In the News . . .

• Earliest direct evidence of milk consumption -- BBCNews (10 September 2019)
  
  
• Ancient DNA Shows How Domesticated Cats Spread throughout the World, The Scout Report, Volume 23, Number 25, 23 June 2017
  
  
• Pre-Hispanic Mexican civilization may have bred and managed rabbits and hares -- ScienceDaily (17 August 2016)
  
  
• Animal Management at the Ancient Metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico: Stable Isotope Analysis of Leporid (Cottontail and Jackrabbit) Bone Mineral -- PLoS ONE (17 August 2016)
  
  
• The Archaeology of the Domestic Cat -- Current Archaeology (05 August 2016)
  
  
• Livestock Pens Approximately 5,000 Years Old in Álava, Spain -- ScienceDaily (08 June 2016)
  
  
• Cats Domesticated in China Earlier Than 3000 BC -- ScienceDaily (25 January 2016)
  
  
• Selfish Dog Moms Fueled Domestication -- Discovery News (08 December 2015)
  
  
• Did Our Ancient Ancestors 'Kill the Cat'? -- BBC News (02 December 2015)
  
  
• Here’s What Happens When You Rewind the Clock on Chicken Domestication -- Science (15 September 2015)
  
  
• First Scandinavian Farmers Were Far More Advanced Than We Thought -- ScienceNordic (17 August 2015)
  
  
• Research Shows How Spanish Colonists Changed Life in the Middle Rio Grande Valley -- Phys.org (26 June 2015)
  
  
• The size of domestic animals has increased over time - Phys.org (19 May 2015)
  
  
• DNA Find Reveals New Insights Into the History of Cattle in Europe -- Science Daily (29 July 2014)
  
  
• Hunters to Herders: Ancient Civilization Made Rapid Switch -- LiveScience (28 April 2014)
  
  
• More Questions Than Answers as Mystery of Domestication Deepens -- Science Daily (21 April 2014)
  
  
• A New Look at Animal Domestication -- Past Horizons (19 April 2014)
  
  
• Genetic Study Tackles Mystery of Slow Plant Domestications -- EurekAlert (17 April 2014)
  
  
• The Story of Animal Domestication Retold -- EurekAlert (17 April 2014)
  
  
• Chickens to chili peppers: Scientists search for the first genetic engineers -- EurekAlert (17 April 2014)
  
  
• Domesticated African Cattle Originated in the Fertile Crescent -- Past Horizons (28 March 2014)
  
  
• Worldwide Patterns of Ancestry, Divergence, and Admixture in Domesticated Cattle -- PLoS Genetics (27 March 2014)
  
  
• Cat Domestication Traced to Early Chinese Farms -- Discovery News (16 December 2013)
  
  
• Study: Cats May Have First Cuddled Up With People 5,300 Years Ago -- NPR (18 December 2013)
  
  
• DNA confirms ancient Asian origin for American dogs -- BBC News (11 July 2013)
  
  
• Dog And Human Genomes Evolved Together -- National Geographic News (14 May 2013)
  
  
• UCSB Anthropologist Studies Cattle Ranchers in Brazilian Amazon -- EurekAlert (21 February 2013)
  
  
• Did Overhunting Lead to Domestication? -- Past Horizons (11 February 2013)
  
  
• Ancient Wolf DNA to Show How Predator Became Man's Best Friend -- Telegraph (11 February 2013)
  
  
• Research Looks At Starchy Diet -- NPR (24 January 2013)
  
  
• Heap of Cattle Bones May Mark Ancient Feasts -- Discovery News (09 January 2013)
  
  
• Cave Yields Early Record of Domestic Animals -- New York Times (16 July 2012)
  
  
• Where do milk, eggs and bacon come from? One in three youths don't know -- The Telegraph (14 June 2012)
  
  
• Origin of Modern Cows Traced to Single Herd -- Wired (27 March 2012)
  
  
• Unwrapping the Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummy Industry [animal mummification] -- BBC News (17 November 2011)
  
  
• Food Remains in Ancient Cooking Pots Suggest Farming Caught on Slowly -- Guardian (24 October 2011)
  
  
• The Creature Connection -- New York Times (14 March 2011)
  
  
• University of Toronto Anthropologists Discover Earliest Cemetery in Middle East -- EurekAlert (02 February 2011)
  
  

• Ancestors Of African Pygmies And Neighboring Farmers Separated Around 60,000 Years Ago -- ScienceDaily (11 April 2009)
  
  
• Ancient DNA Identifies Donkey Ancestors, People Who Domesticated Them -- ScienceDaily (28 July 2010)
  
  
• Ancient Pig DNA Study Sheds New Light On Colonization Of Europe By Early Farmers -- ScienceDaily (4 September 2009)
  
  
• Animal Bells -- Utah State University Digital Library
  
  
• Animal Connection: New Hypothesis for Human Evolution and Human Nature -- ScienceDaily (20 July 2010)
  
  
• Archaeology on the Net
  
  
• Bibliography of Agriculture and Pastoralism -- About
  
  
• Cattle, see also Milk and Beef
  
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    • Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas
  • DNA Sequence of Extinct Ancient Cattle Uncovered -- ScienceDaily (01 March 2010)
  • Livestock [Research & Impact: Areas of Research] -- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  • Steak Dinners Go Back 2.5 Million Years -- MSNBC (09 February 2010)
    
    
• Donkey's wild ass ancestor confirmed -- MSNBC (29 July 2010)
  
  
• Early farmers bred different coloured animals for their own amusement
  
  
• First Americans Brought Anthrax? -- National Geographic News (23 March 2009)
  
  
• Genetics Selection Evolution [genetics and selection in farm and experimental animals] -- French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
  
  
  
• Hogs / Pigs
  
  
  • see Pigs (Hogs)
    
    
• Poultry, see also chickens
  • Native Americans tamed turkeys in 800 B.C. -- MSNBC (01 February 2010)
  • Tracking the True Tale of Turkeys -- EurekAlert (11 June 2010)
    
    
• Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
  
  
• Your Pictures: Ed Vallance [Nenets Reindeer Herders] -- BBC News (23 September 2008)