Size Reduction in Early European Domestic Cattle Relates to Intensification of Neolithic Herding Strategies

Our analysis of over 28,000 osteometric measurements from fossil remains dating between c. 5600 and 1500 BCE reveals a substantial reduction in body mass of 33% in Neolithic central European domestic cattle. We investigate various plausible explanations for this phenotypic adaptation, dismissing cli...

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Autores principales: Manning, Katie, Timpson, Adrian, Shennan, Stephen, Crema, Enrico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141873

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26630287
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141873

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