{"id":491879,"date":"2022-09-10T19:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T16:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/donkey-domestication-happened-7000-years-ago-in-africa-dna-study\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T19:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T16:10:01","slug":"donkey-domestication-happened-7000-years-ago-in-africa-dna-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/donkey-domestication-happened-7000-years-ago-in-africa-dna-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Donkey domestication happened 7,000 years ago in Africa: DNA study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbdbc67cc9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3dbdbc67cc9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/donkey-domestication-happened-7000-years-ago-in-africa-dna-study\/#%E2%80%9CDonkey_domestication_happened_7000_years_ago_in_Africa_DNA_study%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Donkey domestication happened 7,000 years ago in Africa: DNA study&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDonkey_domestication_happened_7000_years_ago_in_Africa_DNA_study%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Donkey domestication happened 7,000 years ago in Africa: DNA study&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/a-man-rides-on-donkey.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/a-man-rides-on-donkey.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A man rides on donkey-cart through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Jacobabad, Pakistan.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/a-man-rides-on-donkey.jpg\" alt=\"A man rides on donkey-cart through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Jacobabad, Pakistan\" title=\"A man rides on donkey-cart through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Jacobabad, Pakistan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A man rides on donkey-cart through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Jacobabad, Pakistan.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite transforming history as beasts of burden essential for transporting goods and people, the humble donkey has long been woefully understudied.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    But scientists on Thursday took a big step towards clarifying the species&#8217; origins with a comprehensive genomic analysis of 238 ancient and modern donkeys, finding they were likely domesticated in a single event in eastern Africa some 7,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The paper, published in the journal <i><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a><\/i>, was the result of an international collaboration led by Evelyn Todd at the Centre for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse, France.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Donkeys subsequently spread into Eurasia from ~2500 BCE, and Central and Eastern Asian subpopulations differentiated ~2000 to 1000 BCE,&#8221; the team wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, lineages from Europe and the Near East backbred into western African donkey populations.<\/p>\n<p>Horses, their equid cousins, are believed on the other hand to have been domesticated twice\u2014the first time around 6,000 years ago in the western Eurasian steppes.<\/p>\n<p>The donkey DNA study included three jennies (females) and six jacks (males) from an ancient Roman site in France who were closely interbred.<\/p>\n<p>The authors suggest that Romans bred improved donkey bloodlines to produce mules that were essential to sustaining the military and economic might of the empire.<\/p>\n<p>Donkeys were vital to the development of ancient societies and remain important in middle and lower income countries, but lost their status and utility in modern industrial societies, perhaps explaining why they were neglected by science.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            The origins of donkey domestication\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Evelyn T. Todd et al, The genomic history and global expansion of domestic donkeys, <i>Science<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.abo3503\">DOI: 10.1126\/science.abo3503<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abo3503\">www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abo3503<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Donkey domestication h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened 7,000 years ago in Africa: DNA study (2022, September 10)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 10 September 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-09-donkey-domestication-years-africa-dna.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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