Size reduction in early european domestic cattle relates to intensification of neolithic herding strategies

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• dc.contributor.author Manning, Katie
• dc.contributor.author Timpson, Adrian
• dc.contributor.author Shennan, Stephen
• dc.contributor.author Crema, Enrico R.
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-16T06:52:45Z
• dc.date.available 2024-01-16T06:52:45Z
• dc.date.issued 2015
• dc.description.abstract Our analysis of over 28,000 osteometric measurements from fossil remains dating between c. 5600 and 1500 BCE reveals a substantial reduction in body mass of 33% in Neolithic central European domestic cattle. We investigate various plausible explanations for this phenotypic adaptation, dismissing climatic change as a causal factor, and further rejecting the hypothesis that it was caused by an increase in the proportion of smaller adult females in the population. Instead we find some support for the hypothesis that the size decrease was driven by a demographic shift towards smaller newborns from sub-adult breeding as a result of intensifying meat production strategies during the Neolithic.
• dc.description.sponsorship This research was funded by the European Research Council by an Advanced Grant (# 249390) to Stephen Shennan for the EUROEVOL Project. We are grateful to Eva Fairnell and Rebecca Rennell for assistance with the data input, and to all those who provided source data, to Sue Colledge for her insights on soil productivity and pasture conditions, and to Mark G Thomas for his useful statistical advice.
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• dc.identifier.citation Manning K, Timpson A, Shennan S, Crema E. Size reduction in early european domestic cattle relates to intensification of neolithic herding strategies. PLoS ONE. 2015 Dec 02;10(12):e0141873. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141873
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141873
• dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58697
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE. 2015 Dec 02;10(12):e0141873
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/249390
• dc.rights © 2015 Manning et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
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• dc.subject.other Neolític
• dc.subject.other Bestiar
• dc.subject.other Europa Central
• dc.title Size reduction in early european domestic cattle relates to intensification of neolithic herding strategies
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