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Actes du Colloque International de "L'Homme et l'Animal" : "L'exploita... more Actes du Colloque International de "L'Homme et l'Animal" : "L'exploitation des animaux sauvages à travers le temps", Juan-Les-Pins, Octobre 1992.
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2015
Anthropozoologica, 2000
Résumé/Abstract La gestion démographique d'un troupeau destiné à un élevage ... more Résumé/Abstract La gestion démographique d'un troupeau destiné à un élevage laitier se caractérise par le maintien sur pied d'un stock important de femelles matures. La courbe de mortalité est ainsi marquée par la présence de bêtes âgées, majoritairement des laitières réformées. On a parfois également évoqué une forte représentation des très jeunes individus, dont l'abattage assure aux éleveurs le gain de la totalité du lait. Toutefois, des témoins iconographiques et ethnographiques suggèrent que chez les bovins ...
The origins of the two iguana species (Iguana delicatissima [Lesser Antillean Iguana] and Iguana ... more The origins of the two iguana species (Iguana delicatissima [Lesser Antillean Iguana] and Iguana iguana [Green Iguana]) occurring today in the Lesser Antilles are frequently questioned using mostly historical and genetic data. Osteological remains of iguanas are common in archaeological and paleontological deposits in the Lesser Antilles, however, and they could be important for understanding the past colonization processes of these two iguana species and subsequent sympatry. Unfortunately, although numerous questions exist about the past occurrence of those two species and their respective arrival dates, no osteological study has led to proper identification of subfossil iguana skeletal elements. Here we present a series of characters that allow for distinguishing the two species using isolated bones and emphasize the reliability of each recognized specific character. We also provide some comments about skeletal morphology of hybrids between both species and their identification based on osteology.
Science (New York, N.Y.), Jun 3, 2016
The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic sequences ... more The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic sequences from 59 ancient dogs and a complete (28x) genome of a late Neolithic dog (dated to ~4800 calendar years before the present) from Ireland. Our analyses revealed a deep split separating modern East Asian and Western Eurasian dogs. Surprisingly, the date of this divergence (~14,000 to 6400 years ago) occurs commensurate with, or several millennia after, the first appearance of dogs in Europe and East Asia. Additional analyses of ancient and modern mitochondrial DNA revealed a sharp discontinuity in haplotype frequencies in Europe. Combined, these results suggest that dogs may have been domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia from distinct wolf populations. East Eurasian dogs were then possibly transported to Europe with people, where they partially replaced European Paleolithic dogs.
ABSTRACT VILA Emmanuelle 3 1 Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environneme... more ABSTRACT VILA Emmanuelle 3 1 Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnement (UMR 7209), CNRS – Muséum nat. Hist. nat., Résumé : Les auteurs dressent un état des connaissances ostéo-archéologiques et, lorsqu'elles existent, paléogénétiques, sur les conditions des premières domestications du mouton (Ovis aries) au Proche-Orient, entre 8500 et 7000 av. n.-è. Une attention particulière est accordée aux récents résultats de l'archéologie chypriote, qui traduisent bien le niveau de maîtrise des premiers éleveurs de brebis néolithique, durant la première moitié du 8 e
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2014
The maritime area located between Brittany, Cornwall and southern Ireland corresponds to the west... more The maritime area located between Brittany, Cornwall and southern Ireland corresponds to the western margin of the Eurasian continental shelf. Constituted of shallow seas this zone was partially emerged before the start of the Holocene. Sea level was far below current level, and its rise during the last 18 000 years led to the dismantling of this vast land, of which nowadays only subsist the highest points. All islands of the western Channel from Jersey to Molène archipelago, Ushant and the isles of Scilly, as well as the islands stretching along the southern coast of Brittany, from the Glénan archipelago to Belle-Ile, Houat and Hoëdic constitute the relics of this lost territory. All these insular entities today support original vertebrate communities, constituted of a combination of introduced and native taxa, as demonstrated by zooarchaeological data. Native species have been trapped on these small territories by the post-glacial sea-level rise. Estimating the time of their cut-o...
Description of archaeological sites All Romanian sites analysed in this study are open-air sites,... more Description of archaeological sites All Romanian sites analysed in this study are open-air sites, all of them corresponding to dwelling sites, except Cernavodă that is also associated with a necropolis (all references can be found in SI-Table 1). During the Mesolithic, the dog (Canis familiaris), is the only domesticated species, whereas the Neolithic sees the appearance of cattle (Bos taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), goat (Capra hircus), and pig (Sus domesticus). During the Bronze Age, the domestic faunal spectra increase with the addition of horse (Equus caballus) and donkey (Equus asinus). ! Icoana (Caraș Severin county) is a site in the Upper Gorges, located on a narrow strip of land along the Danube. The site was flooded following the creation of the reservoir lake Iron Gates I in the late 1960s. The site was stratified – but the upper layers had been almost completely washed away by the river Danube prior to excavation, leaving only traces of Early Neolithic (Starčevo-Criș) and Me...
BMC Genetics, 2015
Background: Cattle domestication started in the 9 th millennium BC in Southwest Asia. Domesticate... more Background: Cattle domestication started in the 9 th millennium BC in Southwest Asia. Domesticated cattle were then introduced into Europe during the Neolithic transition. However, the scarcity of palaeogenetic data from the first European domesticated cattle still inhibits the accurate reconstruction of their early demography. In this study, mitochondrial DNA from 193 ancient and 597 modern domesticated cattle (Bos taurus) from sites across Europe, Western Anatolia and Iran were analysed to provide insight into the Neolithic dispersal process and the role of the local European aurochs population during cattle domestication. Results: Using descriptive summary statistics and serial coalescent simulations paired with approximate Bayesian computation we find: (i) decreasing genetic diversity in a southeast to northwest direction, (ii) strong correlation of genetic and geographical distances, iii) an estimated effective size of the Near Eastern female founder population of 81, iv) that the expansion of cattle from the Near East and Anatolia into Europe does not appear to constitute a significant bottleneck, and that v) there is evidence for gene-flow between the Near Eastern/Anatolian and European cattle populations in the early phases of the European Neolithic, but that it is restricted after 5,000 BCE. Conclusions: The most plausible scenario to explain these results is a single and regionally restricted domestication process of cattle in the Near East with subsequent migration into Europe during the Neolithic transition without significant maternal interbreeding with the endogenous wild stock. Evidence for gene-flow between cattle populations from Southwestern Asia and Europe during the earlier phases of the European Neolithic points towards intercontinental trade connections between Neolithic farmers.
Nowadays, biological invasions are among the most important threats to native faunas and floras a... more Nowadays, biological invasions are among the most important threats to native faunas and floras and to human health, domestic stocks and crops. An important part of these invasions is due to commensal and anthropophile animals. Among them, mice and rats are the most prolific and the most emblematic worldwide invaders and as such have become the subject of many studies. But, though more discrete and less threatening to biodiversity and human activities in the short term, other small mammals have, like mice and rats, an anthropophile behaviour and may under certain circumstances become successive invaders too. Recent observations in different parts of Europe have documented the proliferation of shrews, hamsters, wood mice and voles in urban areas, emphasizing for example their potential dangerousness as vectors of virus, bacteria and parasites. Some of these species have also recently, thanks to human transportation means and with the help of climatic change, extended their distributi...
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015
ABSTRACT Competition for resources has long been considered a major driver of evolution by natura... more ABSTRACT Competition for resources has long been considered a major driver of evolution by natural selection. Thus, the ability to gain access to resources not available to other individuals and species should be under strong selection. In the present study, we focus on the potential role of biting in a shrew (Crocidura russula) because this trait may confer two advantages: (1) a broadening of the dietary niche and (2) the provision of direct superiority in interspecific interactions. The model chosen is the greater white-toothed shrew, which is considered as invasive in northern Europe and which is also known to displace native species of shrew in this area. Moreover, its distribution appears to constrain the distributional ranges of other species of shrew in the Maghreb. We use geometric morphometrics and a simple biomechanical model to describe shape variation and to evaluate the mechanical potential of the mandible of ten species of white-toothed shrews, with a special emphasis on C. russula and Crocidura suaveolens. We find that C. russula possesses an intermediate mechanical potential linked with an intermediate level of shape variability. Our results suggest that the higher mechanical potential may explain the observed pattern of colonization of the Atlantic islands by C. russula at the expense of C. suaveolens. Finally, our results also suggest that the ability to bite hard may be under strong selection in shrews. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, ●●, ●●–●●.
Actes du Colloque International de "L'Homme et l'Animal" : "L'exploita... more Actes du Colloque International de "L'Homme et l'Animal" : "L'exploitation des animaux sauvages à travers le temps", Juan-Les-Pins, Octobre 1992.
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2015
Anthropozoologica, 2000
Résumé/Abstract La gestion démographique d'un troupeau destiné à un élevage ... more Résumé/Abstract La gestion démographique d'un troupeau destiné à un élevage laitier se caractérise par le maintien sur pied d'un stock important de femelles matures. La courbe de mortalité est ainsi marquée par la présence de bêtes âgées, majoritairement des laitières réformées. On a parfois également évoqué une forte représentation des très jeunes individus, dont l'abattage assure aux éleveurs le gain de la totalité du lait. Toutefois, des témoins iconographiques et ethnographiques suggèrent que chez les bovins ...
The origins of the two iguana species (Iguana delicatissima [Lesser Antillean Iguana] and Iguana ... more The origins of the two iguana species (Iguana delicatissima [Lesser Antillean Iguana] and Iguana iguana [Green Iguana]) occurring today in the Lesser Antilles are frequently questioned using mostly historical and genetic data. Osteological remains of iguanas are common in archaeological and paleontological deposits in the Lesser Antilles, however, and they could be important for understanding the past colonization processes of these two iguana species and subsequent sympatry. Unfortunately, although numerous questions exist about the past occurrence of those two species and their respective arrival dates, no osteological study has led to proper identification of subfossil iguana skeletal elements. Here we present a series of characters that allow for distinguishing the two species using isolated bones and emphasize the reliability of each recognized specific character. We also provide some comments about skeletal morphology of hybrids between both species and their identification based on osteology.
Science (New York, N.Y.), Jun 3, 2016
The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic sequences ... more The geographic and temporal origins of dogs remain controversial. We generated genetic sequences from 59 ancient dogs and a complete (28x) genome of a late Neolithic dog (dated to ~4800 calendar years before the present) from Ireland. Our analyses revealed a deep split separating modern East Asian and Western Eurasian dogs. Surprisingly, the date of this divergence (~14,000 to 6400 years ago) occurs commensurate with, or several millennia after, the first appearance of dogs in Europe and East Asia. Additional analyses of ancient and modern mitochondrial DNA revealed a sharp discontinuity in haplotype frequencies in Europe. Combined, these results suggest that dogs may have been domesticated independently in Eastern and Western Eurasia from distinct wolf populations. East Eurasian dogs were then possibly transported to Europe with people, where they partially replaced European Paleolithic dogs.
ABSTRACT VILA Emmanuelle 3 1 Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environneme... more ABSTRACT VILA Emmanuelle 3 1 Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnement (UMR 7209), CNRS – Muséum nat. Hist. nat., Résumé : Les auteurs dressent un état des connaissances ostéo-archéologiques et, lorsqu'elles existent, paléogénétiques, sur les conditions des premières domestications du mouton (Ovis aries) au Proche-Orient, entre 8500 et 7000 av. n.-è. Une attention particulière est accordée aux récents résultats de l'archéologie chypriote, qui traduisent bien le niveau de maîtrise des premiers éleveurs de brebis néolithique, durant la première moitié du 8 e
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2014
The maritime area located between Brittany, Cornwall and southern Ireland corresponds to the west... more The maritime area located between Brittany, Cornwall and southern Ireland corresponds to the western margin of the Eurasian continental shelf. Constituted of shallow seas this zone was partially emerged before the start of the Holocene. Sea level was far below current level, and its rise during the last 18 000 years led to the dismantling of this vast land, of which nowadays only subsist the highest points. All islands of the western Channel from Jersey to Molène archipelago, Ushant and the isles of Scilly, as well as the islands stretching along the southern coast of Brittany, from the Glénan archipelago to Belle-Ile, Houat and Hoëdic constitute the relics of this lost territory. All these insular entities today support original vertebrate communities, constituted of a combination of introduced and native taxa, as demonstrated by zooarchaeological data. Native species have been trapped on these small territories by the post-glacial sea-level rise. Estimating the time of their cut-o...
Description of archaeological sites All Romanian sites analysed in this study are open-air sites,... more Description of archaeological sites All Romanian sites analysed in this study are open-air sites, all of them corresponding to dwelling sites, except Cernavodă that is also associated with a necropolis (all references can be found in SI-Table 1). During the Mesolithic, the dog (Canis familiaris), is the only domesticated species, whereas the Neolithic sees the appearance of cattle (Bos taurus), sheep (Ovis aries), goat (Capra hircus), and pig (Sus domesticus). During the Bronze Age, the domestic faunal spectra increase with the addition of horse (Equus caballus) and donkey (Equus asinus). ! Icoana (Caraș Severin county) is a site in the Upper Gorges, located on a narrow strip of land along the Danube. The site was flooded following the creation of the reservoir lake Iron Gates I in the late 1960s. The site was stratified – but the upper layers had been almost completely washed away by the river Danube prior to excavation, leaving only traces of Early Neolithic (Starčevo-Criș) and Me...
BMC Genetics, 2015
Background: Cattle domestication started in the 9 th millennium BC in Southwest Asia. Domesticate... more Background: Cattle domestication started in the 9 th millennium BC in Southwest Asia. Domesticated cattle were then introduced into Europe during the Neolithic transition. However, the scarcity of palaeogenetic data from the first European domesticated cattle still inhibits the accurate reconstruction of their early demography. In this study, mitochondrial DNA from 193 ancient and 597 modern domesticated cattle (Bos taurus) from sites across Europe, Western Anatolia and Iran were analysed to provide insight into the Neolithic dispersal process and the role of the local European aurochs population during cattle domestication. Results: Using descriptive summary statistics and serial coalescent simulations paired with approximate Bayesian computation we find: (i) decreasing genetic diversity in a southeast to northwest direction, (ii) strong correlation of genetic and geographical distances, iii) an estimated effective size of the Near Eastern female founder population of 81, iv) that the expansion of cattle from the Near East and Anatolia into Europe does not appear to constitute a significant bottleneck, and that v) there is evidence for gene-flow between the Near Eastern/Anatolian and European cattle populations in the early phases of the European Neolithic, but that it is restricted after 5,000 BCE. Conclusions: The most plausible scenario to explain these results is a single and regionally restricted domestication process of cattle in the Near East with subsequent migration into Europe during the Neolithic transition without significant maternal interbreeding with the endogenous wild stock. Evidence for gene-flow between cattle populations from Southwestern Asia and Europe during the earlier phases of the European Neolithic points towards intercontinental trade connections between Neolithic farmers.
Nowadays, biological invasions are among the most important threats to native faunas and floras a... more Nowadays, biological invasions are among the most important threats to native faunas and floras and to human health, domestic stocks and crops. An important part of these invasions is due to commensal and anthropophile animals. Among them, mice and rats are the most prolific and the most emblematic worldwide invaders and as such have become the subject of many studies. But, though more discrete and less threatening to biodiversity and human activities in the short term, other small mammals have, like mice and rats, an anthropophile behaviour and may under certain circumstances become successive invaders too. Recent observations in different parts of Europe have documented the proliferation of shrews, hamsters, wood mice and voles in urban areas, emphasizing for example their potential dangerousness as vectors of virus, bacteria and parasites. Some of these species have also recently, thanks to human transportation means and with the help of climatic change, extended their distributi...
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015
ABSTRACT Competition for resources has long been considered a major driver of evolution by natura... more ABSTRACT Competition for resources has long been considered a major driver of evolution by natural selection. Thus, the ability to gain access to resources not available to other individuals and species should be under strong selection. In the present study, we focus on the potential role of biting in a shrew (Crocidura russula) because this trait may confer two advantages: (1) a broadening of the dietary niche and (2) the provision of direct superiority in interspecific interactions. The model chosen is the greater white-toothed shrew, which is considered as invasive in northern Europe and which is also known to displace native species of shrew in this area. Moreover, its distribution appears to constrain the distributional ranges of other species of shrew in the Maghreb. We use geometric morphometrics and a simple biomechanical model to describe shape variation and to evaluate the mechanical potential of the mandible of ten species of white-toothed shrews, with a special emphasis on C. russula and Crocidura suaveolens. We find that C. russula possesses an intermediate mechanical potential linked with an intermediate level of shape variability. Our results suggest that the higher mechanical potential may explain the observed pattern of colonization of the Atlantic islands by C. russula at the expense of C. suaveolens. Finally, our results also suggest that the ability to bite hard may be under strong selection in shrews. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, ●●, ●●–●●.