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COMPTES RENDUS BIOLOGIES
Volume 334, Issue 3, Pages 171-181Publisher
ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.009
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Neolithic; Domestication; Domestic animals; Archaeozoology; Near East; Co-evolution; Human niche construction
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This article aims to summarize the present archaeo(zoo)logical knowledge and reflections on the origins of Neolithic animal domestication. It targets the main characteristics of early Neolithic animal domestication set against a backdrop of two complementary scales, namely the global and macro-regional scales (the latter using the example of the Near East). It discusses the conceptual and methodological issues, arguing in favor of an anthropozoological approach taking into account the intentions and the dynamics of human societies and critically analyzes the reductionist neo-Darwinian concepts of co-evolution and human niche construction. It also provides a brief discussion on the birth of ungulate domestication and its roots, as well as appropriate bibliographic references to enlighten the current status of domestication research. (C) 2010 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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