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Questioning new answers regarding Holocene chicken domestication in China

Year: 2015

Type: letter

Abstract: Xiang et al. (1) assert that chickens were domesticated on the North China plain 10,000 y ago. Although a great deal remains unknown about the temporal and geographic origins of poultry husbandry, this claim is extraordinary. We welcome the increasing application of modern bioarcheological techniques to questions pertaining to animal domestication in China, but we are skeptical about these conclusions for several reasons.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1503579112

Authors: Joris Peters, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Julia Best, Holly Miller, Tyr Fothergill, Keith Dobney, Richard M. Thomas, Mark Maltby, Naomi Sykes, Olivier Hanotte, Terry O’Connor, Matthew J. Collins, Greger Larson

Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Oxford, Bournemouth University, University of Leicester, University of Aberdeen, University of Nottingham, University of York

Language: English

Topic: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council

Awards: G1610216191, G1935897331, Deciphering dog domestication through a combined ancient DNA and geometric morphometric approach, PIGS, PEOPLE & THE NEOLITHISATION OF EUROPE, PIGS, PEOPLE & THE NEOLITHISATION OF EUROPE, Cultural and Scientific Perceptions of Human-Chicken Interactions, Reconsidering Austronesian Homeland and Dispersal Models using Genetic and Morphological Signatures of Domestic Animals, G6492719379, G6867033855, G7707681869, G8582964230, Reconsidering Austronesian Homeland and Dispersal Models using Genetic and Morphological Signatures of Domestic Animals

OpenAlex ID: W2041311368

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Cited by: 49

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