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Domestication of vertebrates
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The domestication of vertebrates is the mutual relationship between vertebrate animals, including birds and mammals, and the humans who influence their care and reproduction.
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The geographic location of origin can be inferred from the geographic distribution of certain alleles or lineages as follows. In all livestock species, including goats, cattle, buffalo, pigs and sheep, a divergent DNA lineage occurs only in Southern and Eastern Asia. This suggests a possible centre of animal domestication in Southern or Eastern Asia.
Zeder, M. "New Perspectives on Livestock Domestication in the Fertile Crescent." In Vigne, J.D., et al. (Eds.), First Steps of Animal Domestication: New Archaeological Approaches (pp. xx-xx). Oxbow Books, Oxford.” (p. 300)
quoted in Priyadarshi, Premendra, 2016, The Climate Change and the Environmental basis for the Human migrations during Holocene , Concept Paper presented to the seminar Chronology of Indian Culture since the beginning of Holocene through Scientific Evidence, organised by Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas (I- SERVE), Delhi on 16 July 2016.
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