Nature ecology & evolution.
Publisher:
Springer Nature
Frequency: Monthly
Country: England
Language: English
Start Year:2016 -
ISSN:
2397-334X (Electronic)
2397-334X (Linking)
2397-334X (Linking)
Impact Factor
16.8
2022
| NLM ID: | 101698577 |
| (OCoLC): | 969358709 |
| LCCN: | 2017243086 |
| Classification: | W1 |
Dairy pastoralism sustained eastern Eurasian steppe populations for 5,000 years. Dairy pastoralism is integral to contemporary and past lifeways on the eastern Eurasian steppe, facilitating survival in agriculturally challenging environments. While previous research has indicated that ruminant dairy pastoralism was practiced in the region by circa 1300 BC, the origin, extent and diversity of this custom remain poorly understood. Here, we analyse ancient proteins from human dental calculus recovered from geographically diverse locations across Mongolia and spanning 5,000 years. We present the earliest evidence for dairy consumption on the eastern Eurasian steppe by circ...
Coat colour adaptation of post-glacial horses to increasing forest vegetation. Wild horses unexpectedly survived terminal Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions until eventual European extirpation in the twentieth century. This survival is tied to either their occurrence in cryptic open habitats or their adaptation to forests. Our niche modelling inferred an increasing presence of horses in post-glacial forests, and our analysis of ancient DNA suggested significant selection for black phenotypes as indicating adaptation to forests.