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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Early evidence for pig domestication (8,000 cal. BP) in the Lower Yangtze, South China.

Jiajing Wang, Yiyi Tang, Yunfei Zheng, Leping Jiang, Xiaolin Ma, Yanfeng Hou, Guoping Sun

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Ancient DNA reveals pig domestication history in Northeastern China.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2026
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  6. The earliest domestic pigs in Neolithic China were closely managed.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jiajing WangDepartment of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.ORCID 0000-0003-2155-1154
Yiyi TangDepartment of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
Yunfei ZhengZhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China.
Leping JiangZhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China.
Xiaolin MaSchool of Cultural Heritage and Information Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Yanfeng HouHenan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, Zhengzhou, Henan 450000, China.ORCID 0009-0001-8210-1619
Guoping SunZhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China.

Funding

Burke Research Initiation Award NARust Family Foundation (RFF) NA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The domestication of pigs (

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DomesticationFossilsSus scrofaAnimalsArchaeologyChinaDental CalculusHistory, AncientHumansSwinedental calculusparasite eggphytolithpig domesticationstarch

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PMID40489608
PMCPMC12184640

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