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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| Main Authors: | Katie Manning, Adrian Timpson, Stephen Shennan, Enrico Crema |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141873&type=printable |
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