Wild boars provide archaeologists with clues to early domestication
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 18:40
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Using the wild boar as a model, a team of scientists have shown that a life spent in captivity has an identifiable effect on the shape of the calcaneus, a tarsal bone that plays a propulsive role in locomotion. This bone is well preserved in archaeological contexts, which makes it possible to obtain information about the earliest placing of wild animals in captivity.