Genetic characterization of an archaeological sheep assemblage from South Africa’s Western Cape |
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Authors: | K. Ann Horsburgh Allison Rhines |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, and Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, University of Otago, PO Box 913, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand;2. Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | The Neolithic Revolution, constituting a shift from food acquisition to food production, came to Africa as it did to most of the rest of the world: through processes of transmission rather than through de novo innovation. In contrast with other regions the pastoral management of cattle, sheep and goats was widespread in Africa thousands of years before settled agricultural communities or the use of domesticated plants were in evidence ( 46, 35 and 10). We report here the discovery of haplogroup B in the first genetic analysis of an African archaeological sheep assemblage. |
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Keywords: | Southern Africa Pastoralism Sheep Ovis aries Ancient DNA Die Kelders 1 |
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