Multiple lines of evidence of early goose domestication in a 7,000-y-old rice cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River, China

Eda, Masaki; Itahashi, Yu; Kikuchi, Hiroe; Sun, Ge; Hsu, Kai-hsuan; Gakuhari, Takashi; Yoneda, Minoru; Jiang, Leping; Yang, Ge; Nakamura, Shinichi

doi:10.1073/pnas.2117064119

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“… (A) Synthesis of the transformation process of subsistence strategies and landscape changes in the SHB. At each cultural stage, the most representative features of subsistence strategy were marked in the figure (data collected from Zong et al, 2007 ; Archaeological Research Center of Peking University and Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, 2011 ; Jiang, 2014 ; Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, 2016 , 2021 ; Zuo et al, 2017 ; Zhang et al, 2020 ; Eda et al, 2022 ; Official account of Qianjiang Evening News, 2022 ). (B) Trends of the proportions of domesticated-type bulliform phytoliths from rice ( Ma et al, 2016 ).…”

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Changes of Neolithic subsistence in south Hangzhou Bay coast, eastern China: An adaptive strategy to landscape processes

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The transition from hunting and gathering to agricultural subsistence is a striking feature of the Neolithic revolution worldwide. Known as the cradle of a series of representative Neolithic cultures, south Hangzhou Bay (SHB) witnessed substantial changes in both landscape and human subsistence during the Holocene, yet the relationship between them was not well established. Here, we combined archaeobotanical results from sediment cores with archaeological findings to illustrate the subsistence changes during the Neolithic regime in the context of the landscape process in SHB. Our result showed that SHB was inundated by marine transgression 8,200 years ago without significant human imprints. At 8,200–7,600 cal yr. BP, the initial coastal wetland formation at locations with the semi-enclosed landscape would have facilitated the activities of hunting-gathering, incipient rice cultivation, and collecting seafood if accessible. Pollen and phytoliths evidence from multiple sediment cores in the Yaojiang Valley (YJV) suggested a desalinization process of wetland in the following hundreds of years. This amelioration of the environment had favored the intermittent rice cultivation at various locations in the YJV, where archaeological evidence was absent. Since 7,000–6,600 cal yr. BP, as freshwater wetland expanded with coastal progradation, a wide variety of food resources became available. Meanwhile, rice domestication began to serve as a crucial food supplement as evidenced by both microfossil results and archaeological findings. With the expansion of the coastal plain after 5,500 cal yr. BP, rice farming became widespread and rice consumption was increasingly important in the diet, as supported by discoveries of upgraded farming tools, abundant rice remains, and ancient rice paddies. Above all, the change of subsistence from hunting-gathering to rice farming exhibited an adaptive strategy in response to landscape evolution from an initial marine-influenced setting to a later coastal plain.

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Changes of Neolithic subsistence in south Hangzhou Bay coast, eastern China: An adaptive strategy to landscape processes

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“…The domestic goose is one of the most economically important agricultural animals, as it can provide nutritious meat, eggs, and fatty liver. The geese bones from Tianluoshan in the lower Yangtze River showed that Chinese geese were domesticated more than 7,000 years ago 1 . Under the influences of diverse economic cultures and geographical structures, 30 Chinese indigenous geese breeds with different phenotypic features and production performance have gradually been formed 2 .…”

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Chromosome-level genome and population genomics reveal evolutionary characteristics and conservation status of Chinese indigenous geese

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Geese are herbivorous birds that play an essential role in the agricultural economy. We construct the chromosome-level genome of a Chinese indigenous goose (the Xingguo gray goose, XGG; Anser cygnoides) and analyze the adaptation of fat storage capacity in the goose liver during the evolution of Anatidae. Genomic resequencing of 994 geese is used to investigate the genetic relationships of geese, which supports the dual origin of geese (Anser cygnoides and Anser anser). Chinese indigenous geese show higher genetic diversity than European geese, and a scientific conservation program can be established to preserve genetic variation for each breed. We also find that a 14-bp insertion in endothelin receptor B subtype 2 (EDNRB2) that determines the white plumage of Chinese domestic geese is a natural mutation, and the linkaged alleles rapidly increase in frequency as a result of genetic hitchhiking, leading to the formation of completely different haplotypes of white geese under strong artificial selection. These genomic resources and our findings will facilitate marker-assisted breeding of geese and provide a foundation for further research on geese genetics and evolution.

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“…Domestic chickens were originated from red jungle fowl subspecies ~ 8000 years ago [ 56 , 57 ], and ducks in East Asia were domesticated in China before 2200 BP [ 8 ]. However, recently published archaeological research has found goose bone fossils in a 7000-year-old cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River, China [ 14 ]. Unfortunately, the study did not extract ancient DNA for analysis.…”

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“…The domestication of geese in China can be traced back to the Neolithic period (5000 BC), as evidenced by a goose-shaped artifact from that period [ 13 ]. In 2022, goose bone fossils were found in a 7000-year-old rice-cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River, China [ 14 ]. After a long period of domestication, China has had abundant domestic-goose breeding resources.…”

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Origins, timing and introgression of domestic geese revealed by whole genome data

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Wang

et al. 2023

J Animal Sci Biotechnol

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Background Geese are among the most important poultry species in the world. The current generally accepted hypothesis is that the European domestic geese originated from greylag geese (Anser anser), and Chinese domestic geese have two origins, most of which originated from swan geese (Anser cygnoides), and the Yili goose originated from greylag geese. To explain the origin and demographic history of geese, we selected 14 goose breeds from Europe and China and wild populations of swan and greylag geese, and whole genome sequencing data were obtained for 74 samples. Results Population structure analysis and phylogenetic trees showed that the wild ancestor of Chinese domestic geese, except for Yili, is the swan geese, and the wild ancestor of Chinese Yili and European domestic geese is greylag geese. Analysis of the demographic history suggests that the domestication of Chinese geese occurred ~ 3499 years ago and that of the European geese occurred ~ 7552 years ago. Furthermore, gene flow was observed between domestic geese and their wild ancestors. Analysis of introgression showed that Yili geese had been introgressed by Chinese domestic geese, and the body size of Yili geese may be influenced by introgression events of some growth-related genes, including IGF-1. Conclusions Our study provides evidence for the origin of geese at the genome-wide level and advances the understanding of the history of goose domestication and the traits affected by introgression events.

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Multiple lines of evidence of early goose domestication in a 7,000-y-old rice cultivation village in the lower Yangtze River, China

Cited by 27 publications

References 61 publications

Changes of Neolithic subsistence in south Hangzhou Bay coast, eastern China: An adaptive strategy to landscape processes

Changes of Neolithic subsistence in south Hangzhou Bay coast, eastern China: An adaptive strategy to landscape processes

Chromosome-level genome and population genomics reveal evolutionary characteristics and conservation status of Chinese indigenous geese

Origins, timing and introgression of domestic geese revealed by whole genome data

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