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Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China
The origins of domesticated sheep (Ovis sp.) in China remain unknown. Previous workers have speculated that sheep may have been present in China up to 7000 years ago, however many claims are based on associations with archaeological material rather than independent dates on sheep material. Here we p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25417648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep07170 |
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author | Dodson, John Dodson, Eoin Banati, Richard Li, Xiaoqiang Atahan, Pia Hu, Songmei Middleton, Ryan J. Zhou, Xinying Nan, Sun |
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description | The origins of domesticated sheep (Ovis sp.) in China remain unknown. Previous workers have speculated that sheep may have been present in China up to 7000 years ago, however many claims are based on associations with archaeological material rather than independent dates on sheep material. Here we present 7 radiocarbon dates on sheep bone from Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces. DNA analysis on one of the bones confirms it is Ovis sp. The oldest ages are about 4700 to 4400 BCE and are thus the oldest objectively dated Ovis material in eastern Asia. The graphitisised bone collagen had δ(13)C values indicating some millet was represented in the diet. This probably indicates sheep were in a domestic setting where millet was grown. The younger samples had δ(13)C values indicating that even more millet was in the diet, and this was likely related to changes in foddering practices |
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spelling | pubmed-53840822017-04-12 Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China Dodson, John Dodson, Eoin Banati, Richard Li, Xiaoqiang Atahan, Pia Hu, Songmei Middleton, Ryan J. Zhou, Xinying Nan, Sun Sci Rep Article The origins of domesticated sheep (Ovis sp.) in China remain unknown. Previous workers have speculated that sheep may have been present in China up to 7000 years ago, however many claims are based on associations with archaeological material rather than independent dates on sheep material. Here we present 7 radiocarbon dates on sheep bone from Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Shaanxi provinces. DNA analysis on one of the bones confirms it is Ovis sp. The oldest ages are about 4700 to 4400 BCE and are thus the oldest objectively dated Ovis material in eastern Asia. The graphitisised bone collagen had δ(13)C values indicating some millet was represented in the diet. This probably indicates sheep were in a domestic setting where millet was grown. The younger samples had δ(13)C values indicating that even more millet was in the diet, and this was likely related to changes in foddering practices Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5384082/ /pubmed/25417648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep07170 Text en Copyright © 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder in order to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Dodson, John Dodson, Eoin Banati, Richard Li, Xiaoqiang Atahan, Pia Hu, Songmei Middleton, Ryan J. Zhou, Xinying Nan, Sun Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title | Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title_full | Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title_fullStr | Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title_short | Oldest Directly Dated Remains of Sheep in China |
title_sort | oldest directly dated remains of sheep in china |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5384082/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25417648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep07170 |
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