Four legs good: ancient animal genomics and the Near Eastern origins of cattle, sheep and goat.

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• Dan Bradley, Trinity College Dublin
• Friday 11 March 2022, 13:15-14:00
• McDonald Institute Seminar Room, Department of Archaeology.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Ruairidh Macleod.

As with humans, ancient DNA of cattle, sheep and goat is enabling previously unattainable inference about the past. It is informing on the nature of recruitment, interaction with wild populations and pace and process of change within Near Eastern cradles of domestication. Animal mobility in later millennia is obvious and interesting correlations (or not) with known human migrations are becoming clear. Lastly, we are beginning to unpick the genetic changes that made these animals the walking larders which feed much of the world today.

Although this seminar will be in-person, there is also the option to register for attendance by zoom. Register in advance for this meeting: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctf-2trDMrGNF8v0soeqetfVZKCLx76y_N

This talk is part of the Pitt-Rivers Archaeological Science Seminar Series series.

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