Jarman, M. R. (1969). Prehistory of Upper Pleistocene and Recent cattle. Part I: East Mediterranean, with reference to North-West Europe. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 35. Vol 35, pp. 236-266.
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Prehistory of Upper Pleistocene and Recent cattle. Part I: East Mediterranean, with reference to North-West Europe | ||||
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 35 | ||||
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The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society | ||||
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35 | ||||
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236 - 266 | ||||
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New data suggest that those features of cattle said to indicate domestication in fact occur in earlier Pleistocene ruminants, the result of selection factors, and hitherto little examined. Material should not be interpreted to accord with an assumption that domestication originated 10,000 years ago in the Near East. Palaeolithic man influenced his environment and a man/cattle relation evolved, through specialised hunting techniques, into domestication. New data from the Mediterranean are discussed but no firm conclusions reached. Figures show mean cattle sizes from the Last Interglacial to Postglacial periods; some North European cattle were larger than Mediterranean types. Size-decrease occurred constantly, earlier than the time supposed to indicate the wild/domestic margin, and in many orders. Perhaps there are no features characterising domestication. Animals evolve, and it may be a period of stability, rather than change, that suggests human interference. Ten figures give statistical trends, and no graphic change occurs in North European cattle around 3,000 BC, while the Knossos curve shows a stable period, despite environmental change, that could demonstrate man's influence. B W | ||||
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1969 | ||||
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