Zebu Cattle Are an Exclusive Legacy of the South Asia Neolithic
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Zebu cattle are an exclusive legacy of the South Asia neolithic.
Animal domestication was a major step forward in human prehistory, contributing to the emergence of more complex societies. At the time of the Neolithic transition, zebu cattle (Bos indicus) were probably the most abundant and important domestic livestock species in Southern Asia. Although archaeological evidence points toward the domestication of zebu cattle within the Indian subcontinent, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp213