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Jul 3, 2019 · Learn how the wild boar Sus scrofa became the sweet domestic pig Sus scrofa domestica through two independent domestication events in Anatolia and China about 9,000-10,000 years ago. Find out how pigs spread out of Anatolia to Europe and how they interacted with early farmers and other swine breeds.
Mar 16, 2017 · Pigs were first domesticated in the Near East around 8500 BC and subsequently brought into Europe by agriculturalists 1. Ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) studies further indicate that, by 4500...
- Amke Caliebe, Almut Nebel, Cheryl Makarewicz, Michael Krawczak, Ben Krause-Kyora
- 2017
Apr 1, 2000 · The domestic pig originates from the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) and has a hybrid origin of some major European pig breeds. This article reports molecular analysis of wild and domestic pigs from Asia and Europe, and the time since divergence of the ancestral forms and the introgression of Asian pig genes.
- E Giuffra, J M Kijas, Amarger, Örjan Carlborg, J T Jeon, L Andersson
- 2000
Pigs were domesticated in the Neolithic, both in East Asia and in the Near East. When domesticated pigs arrived in Europe, they extensively interbred with wild boar but retained their domesticated features. Pigs are farmed primarily for meat, called pork. The animal's skin or hide is used for leather. China is the world's largest pork producer ...
Aug 31, 2015 · Domesticated animals have a large number of wild ancestors, Frantz, Groenen, and their colleagues report online today in Nature Genetics. Their data support the idea that pigs originated in two places. But Europe's modern pigs are mongrel mixes derived from multiple wild boar populations.
Aug 10, 2017 · It is widely accepted that pigs were domesticated independently in Near East and East Asia beginning ~10,000 years ago after Sus sp. emerged in Southeast Asia during the climatic fluctuations...
Nov 21, 2017 · 4 - A History of Pig Domestication: New Ways of Exploring a Complex Process. from Part I - Evolution, Taxonomy, and Domestication. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2017. By. Allowen Evin , Keith Dobney and. Thomas Cucchi. Edited by. Mario Melletti and. Erik Meijaard. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary.
