Simple Summary Many recent theorists argue that reliance on binary oppositions to structure
thought is a feature of the modern West, and therefore an inappropriate model for prehistory …

Geometric morphometrics revolutionized domestication studies through the precise quanti
cation of the phenotype of ancient plant and animal remains. Geometric morphometrics …

Simple Summary In the early 1980s, the late Colin Groves (1942–2017), a noted taxonomist
and suid specialist, proposed that the Sulawesi warty pig (Sus celebensis), an endemic suid …

The interdisciplinary approach and analytical tools applied in the last 30 years in the
Amathous region (Cyprus), especially at the sites of Shillourokambos and Klimonas …

Evolutionary biologists have recently solicited archaeologists to help document and
understand the morphological evolution of animals in response to human activities and …

Deciphering the plastic (ie, nonheritable) changes induced by human control over wild
animals in the archeological record is challenging. Previous studies detected morphological …

Indigenous communities on the Northern Great Plains of North America commonly kept dogs
as domestic animals. Historical records and previous archaeological research indicate that …

This study examines the subsistence strategies of Archaic Period inhabitants (9.0–3.5 cal.
ka) of the Lake Titicaca Basin, located in the high Andes of South America. Faunal data from …

Over the last decade, the petrous bone (petrosum) has become the ultimate repository of
ancient biomolecules, leading to a plea for a more ethical curation preventing the systematic …

China was one of the earliest domestication centres for pigs in the Old World. Since their
domestication, pigs have been significantly involved in human societies from both economic …