Why are sheep white? And when did humans domesticate them?
People have been keeping sheep in pens for around 11,000 years. Now scientists are shedding light on this millennia-old ...
Cracking the Corn Code: Scientists Reveal the Genetic Secrets of Domestication
MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...
11,000 Years of Designer Sheep
According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine ...
Archaeology5d
On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...
The Jordan Times6d
Delving into Early Bronze I: Societal shifts in Southern Levant
According to radiocarbon calibrated dates, the Early Bronze I (EB 1) lasted almost six centuries, between c. 3,700 and c. 3,100 BC. Some societal changes took place during that period which shaped ...