All Outputs (3)

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 transition from wild boar to domestic pig as illustrated by dental enamel defects (LEH): a Japanese case study including the site of Torihama (2005)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Anezaki, T., Hongo, H., Matsui, A., Yamazaki, K., Ervynck, A., …Rowley-Conwy, P. (2005). The transition from wild boar to domestic pig as illustrated by dental enamel defects (LEH): a Japanese case study including the site of Torihama

Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal (2005)
Journal Article
Albarella, U., Davis, S., Detry, C., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2005). Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal. Anthropozoologica, 40(2), 27-54

The main purpose of this study is to outline the osteometric variation of Sus from the Neolithic to the present day in Portugal.We start by focussing upon two important Chalcolithic sites —Zambujal and Leceia— with their abundant collections of suid... Read More about Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal.