The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes

D Kaptan, G Atağ, KB Vural… - Molecular biology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sheep was one of the first domesticated animals in Neolithic West Eurasia. The
zooarchaeological record suggests that domestication first took place in Southwest Asia …

Genomic diversity of the locally developed Latvian Darkheaded sheep breed

D Gudra, A Valdovska, D Kairisa, D Galina, D Jonkus… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Abstract The Latvian Darkheaded is the only locally developed sheep breed. The breed was
formed at the beginning of the 20th century by crossing local coarse-wooled sheep with the …

Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages

H McColl, G Kroonen, JV Moreno-Mayar… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Germanic-speaking populations historically form an integral component of the North and
Northwest European cultural configuration. According to linguistic consensus, the common …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic analysis of Russian native sheep breeds based on mtDNA sequences

O Koshkina, T Deniskova, A Dotsev, E Kunz… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Eurasia is represented by all climatic zones and various environments. A unique breed
variety of farm animals has been developed in Russia, whose territory covers a large area of …

The Genomic Legacy of Aurochs hybridization in ancient and modern Iberian Cattle

T Günther, J Chisausky, MÁ Galindo-Pellicena, E Iriarte… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Cattle have been a valuable economic resource and cultural icon since prehistory. From the
initial expansion of domestic cattle into Europe during the Neolithic period, taurine cattle …

Textile colours of the Viking Age (TeCoVa).

U Mannering - Archaeological Textiles Review, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract The Textile Colours of the Viking Age project, spanning from 2024 to 2028, aims to
explore the use of colors in clothing and cloth culture during the Danish Late Iron and Viking …