The innovations of agricultural production and their extensive dispersal promoted the
transformation of human livelihoods and profoundly influenced the evolution of human-land …

The origins of horseback riding remain elusive. Scientific studies show that horses were kept
for their milk~ 3500 to 3000 BCE, widely accepted as indicating domestication. However …

The Late Neolithic and Bronze Ages witnessed the extensive expansion of human
settlements, along with the dispersal of crops and livestock originating from West and East …

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 …

Highlights•The earliest domesticated cattle and caprines in GQ region were raised about
4000 cal BP.•The early pastoralism in the GQ region expanded during the period of the …

The initial movement of herders and livestock into the eastern steppe is of great interest, as
this region has long been home to pastoralist groups. Due to a paucity of faunal remains …

The Afanasievo world reportedly overlaps the borders of five nations including two countries
of East Asia: Mongolia and China. Across these several regions, the first appearance of …

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 …

We investigated the controversial origin of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) using large samples
of contemporary and ancient domestic individuals and their closest wild relatives: the Asiatic …

Significant spatiotemporal variation in human livelihood patterns and its relationship to trans-
Eurasian exchange and climate change in north China during the late Neolithic and Bronze …