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Early Holocene chicken domestication in northern China
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America • 111 (49) • Published In 2014 • Pages: 17564-17569
By: Xiang, Hai, Gao, Jianqiang, Yu, Baoquan, Zhou, Hui, Cai, Dawei, Zhang, Youwen, Chen, Xiaoyong, Wang, Xi, Hofreiter, Michael, Zhao, Xingbo.
Abstract
The authors examined early chicken bones from four sites in China (Nanzhuangtou, Cishan, Wangyin, and Jiuliandun Chu tombs) dating from 10,000 to 2300 BP. The DNA from these remains were compared with other known chicken DNA worldwide to determine whether the bones were chicken, and to which species or haplotype they might belong. It is proposed that China was one of places chickens were domesticated.
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeozoologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2018
- Field Date
- No Date Given
- Coverage Date
- 10500-2300 BP
- Coverage Place
- lower Yellow River drainage, China
- Notes
- Hai Xiang, Jianqiang Gao, Baoquan Yu, Hui Zhou, Dawei Cai, Youwen Zhang, Xiaoyong Chen, Xi Wang, Michael Hofreiter, and Xingbo Zhao
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 17569)
- LCCN
- 16010069
- LCSH
- Yellow River Early Neolithic