Indigenous African sheep genetic resources have been classified into two main groups, fat-
tailed and thin-tailed sheep. The fat-tailed sheep are the most widely distributed, being …

Animal domestication has far-reaching significance for human society. The sequenced
genomes of domesticated animals provide critical resources for understanding the genetic …

Through their domestication and subsequent selection, sheep have been adapted to thrive
in a diverse range of environments. To characterise the genetic consequence of both …

The development and dispersal of agropastoralism transformed the cultural and ecological
landscapes of the Old World, but little is known about when or how this process first …

Despite much attention, history of sheep (Ovis aries) evolution, including its dating,
demographic trajectory and geographic spread, remains controversial. To address these …

Occupied between~ 10,300 and 9300 years ago, the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Aşıklı
Höyük in Central Anatolia went through early phases of sheep domestication. Analysis of …

Mouflon (Ovis aries musimon) became extinct from mainland Europe after the Neolithic, but
remnant populations from the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia have been …

In the present study, to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary history of sheep,
the mitochondrial (mt) DNA polymorphisms occurring in modern Turkish native domestic (n …

Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …

In this paper, we apply standard zooarchaeological methods and novel osteological
approaches to analyse faunal remains from five Middle–Late Holocene sites in the southern …