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The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal (2008)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Cucchi, T., & Larson, G. (2008). The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal. Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 47(1), 59-74. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2008.0009

This paper undertakes a major survey of the genus Sus from Island Southeast Asia and specifically attempts to re-examine the taxonomic status of the pigs of Wallacea, in order to re-evaluate the complex evidence for human mediated dispersal. This was... Read More about The Pigs of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific: New Evidence for Taxonomic Status and Human-Mediated Dispersal.

The transition from wild boar to domestic pig in Eurasia, illustrated by a tooth developmental defect and biometrical data (2007)
Book Chapter
Dobney, K., Ervynck, A., Albarella, U., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2007). The transition from wild boar to domestic pig in Eurasia, illustrated by a tooth developmental defect and biometrical data. In U. Albarella, K. Dobney, A. Ervynck, & P. Rowley-Conwy (Eds.), Pigs and humans : 10,000 years of interaction (57-82). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199207046.003.0013

Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe. (2007)
Journal Article
Larson, G., Albarella, U., Dobney, K., Rowley-Conwy, P., Schibler, J., Tresset, A., …Cooper, A. (2007). Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(39), 15276-15281. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703411104

The Neolithic Revolution began 11,000 years ago in the Near East and preceded a westward migration into Europe of distinctive cultural groups and their agricultural economies, including domesticated animals and plants. Despite decades of research, no... Read More about Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe..

Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania (2007)
Journal Article
Larson, G., Cucchi, T., Fujita, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., Anderson, A., …Dobney, K. (2007). Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(12), 4834-4839. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0607753104

Human settlement of Oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left Africa at least 90,000 years ago. The precise origins and dispersal routes of the Austronesian peoples and the associated Lapita cul... Read More about Phylogeny and Ancient DNA of Sus Provides insights into neolithic expansion in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats : The Environmental Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough (2007)
Book
Dobney, K., Jaques, S., Barrett, J., & Johnstone, C. (2007). Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats : The Environmental Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough. Oxbow Books

The environmental archaeological evidence from the site of Flixborough (in particular the animal bone assemblage) provides a series of unique insights into Anglo-Saxon life in England during the 8th to 10th centuries. The research reveals detailed ev... Read More about Farmers, Monks and Aristocrats : The Environmental Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Flixborough.

Genetics and animal domestication: new windows on an elusive process (2006)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., & Larson, G. (2006). Genetics and animal domestication: new windows on an elusive process. Journal of Zoology, 269(2), 261-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00042.x

Domesticated animals are universally familiar. How, when, where and why they became domesticated is less well understood. The genetic revolution of the past few decades has facilitated novel insights into a field that previously, was principally the... Read More about Genetics and animal domestication: new windows on an elusive process.

The domestication of the pig (Sus scrofa) : new challenges and approaches. (2006)
Book Chapter
Albarella, A., Dobney, K., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2006). The domestication of the pig (Sus scrofa) : new challenges and approaches. In M. Zeder, D. Bradley, E. Emshwiller, & B. Smith (Eds.), Documenting domestication: new genetic and archaeological paradigms (209-227). University of California Press

Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication (2005)
Journal Article
Larson, G., Dobney, K., Albarella, U., Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., …Cooper, A. (2005). Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication. Science, 307(5715), 1618-1621. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1106927

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. Previous morphological and genetic evidence suggested pig domestication t... Read More about Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication.

The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication (2004)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Ervynck, A., Albarella, U., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication. Journal of Zoology, 264(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0952836904005679

Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH), a deficiency in enamel formation visible on mammal tooth crowns, can be used as a retrospective indicator of physiological stress and developmental health in humans and animals. In this first study, for north-western E... Read More about The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication.