Early farmers in the Andes were doing just fine, challenging popular theory; diet data shows consistent food resources during the transition from foraging to farming
A study published in PNAS provides evidence that the domestication of pigs from wild boars occurred in South China
The δ15N values of foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and common millet (Panicum miliaceum) are reliable indicators of manuring practices
A special issue in “Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B” (2025) reframes the origins of domestication
Archaeological remains at Swan Point and Hollembaek Hill, Alaska, show that people and the ancestors of today’s dogs began forming close relationships as early as 12,000 years ago
Movement of crops, animals played a key role in domestication, as a long-term gene flow between wild and domestic species was much more common than previously appreciated
Earliest evidence for domestic yak found in the southern Tibetan Plateau, using both archaeology and ancient DNA
Conclusive evidence of chicken breeding in the Yayoi period of Japan has been discovered from the Karako-Kagi site
Early crop plants were more plastic and easily ‘tamed’: new perspectives on plant domestication are shown in a study published in PLoS ONE
The world’s first horse riders: researchers discovered evidence by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans
