The craniology and relationships of four species of Bos 5. Bos iudicus L.

Grigson, Caroline

doi:10.1016/s0305-4403(80)80003-3

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“…Domestic cattle are classified with binomial Linnean names, following convention and the work of Baker and Manwell (1980) and Grigson (1980): Bos taurus denotes humpless taurine cattle and Bos indicus denotes humped zebu (or indicine) cattle. Taurine cattle predominate in northern and western Africa and almost the whole of the Eurasian landmass, from northwest Europe to Japan, whereas zebu cattle are native to the Indian subcontinent and are also found in the Near and Middle East and most of eastern and southern Africa.…”

Section: The Domestic Taxa Of Cattlementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bos primigenius evolved during the interglacial period of the mid-Pleistocene about 500,000 YBP (Guintard, 1999) and are thought to be descendants of B. acutifrons (Pilgrim, 1947 (Grigson, 1978(Grigson, , 1980. In Eurasia, the range of the aurochs expanded and contracted in response to interglacial and glacial stages during the Ice Age.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These sites represent a candidate location for an eastern center of domestication of B. indicus cattle from the South Asian aurochs, B. primigenius namadicus (Grigson, 1980). Some authors have also argued for the domestication of B. indicus within southern India circa 5,000 YBP, citing faunal evidence retrieved from the sites of Piklihal, Utnur, and Maski (Allchin and Allchin, 1968;Allchin and Allchin, 1974;Misra, 2001).…”

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Interrogation of modern and ancient genomes reveals the complex domestic history of cattle

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“…Bifid spines thus seem to be a poor basis for the osteological identification of humped cattle. Other osteomorphological features that could allow recognising zebu cattle include cranial characteristics such as the long, narrow skull, the shape of the ridge between the horns, the convexity of the forehead, the concavity of the occipital region, the less prominent orbits, flat orbital rims and the diagonally upward direction of the horns at the base (Grigson, 1980). To have more certainty on the taxonomical status of the Galaga cattle further osteomorphological analysis would be therefore necessary.…”

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Ancient Humped Cattle in Africa: A View from the Chad Basin

Magnavita

2006

Afr Archaeol Rev

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The origins of ancient and modern African cattle are still a matter of much debate among researchers. Part of the dispute involves the question of the appearance in Africa, from the second millennium BC onwards, of cattle carrying a distinguishing morphological feature present in most of the modern sub-Saharan breeds: The hump. This paper addresses the issue of the origins of the African humped cattle. After reviewing the current hypothesis on their origins, the status and significance of old and new archaeological and osteological evidence from the Chad Basin are presented and critically discussed. Mainly based on the cultural context of the archaeological figurative evidence available in the remaining continent, a case for the foreign ancestry of the ancient African humped cattle is made, and a perspective for future research in the topic is provided. Résumé Les origines des boeufs africains antiques et modernes sont toujours le motif de vives discussions entre les chercheurs. Une part des discussions concerne la question de l'apparition en Afrique, dès le second millénaire BC, de boeufs portant un certain trait morphologique bien visible sur la plupart des boeufs africains sub-sahariens modernes: la bosse. Le présent manuscrit traite des racines du boeuf africainà bosse. Après avoir examiné les hypothèses courantes de leurs origines, le caractère et la pertinence des trouvailles archéologiques et ostéologiques du Bassin du Lac Tchad sont présentés de façon critique. Se basant sur le contexte culturel de l'art figuratif ancien présent dans le reste du continent, l'hypothèse d'une origineà l'étranger du boeuf africainà bosse est envisagée et une perspective est présentée pour des investigations futures sur le sujet.

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“…The issues surrounding the origin and domestication of today's African cattle breeds [9,10,14,28], especially the theory of an African center of domestication for the African taurine [4,6,15,23,25] needs further clarification. The results of several investigations have also indicated that African zebu cattle are an admixture of Bos indicus and Bos taurus [4,15,25].…”

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Genetic diversity, introgression and relationships among West/Central African cattle breeds

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-Genetic diversity, introgression and relationships were studied in 521 individuals from 9 African Bos indicus and 3 Bos taurus cattle breeds in Cameroon and Nigeria using genotype information on 28 markers (16 microsatellite, 7 milk protein and 5 blood protein markers). The genotypes of 13 of the 16 microsatellite markers studied on three European (German Angus, German Simmental and German Yellow) and two Indian (Nelore and Ongole) breeds were used to assess the relationships between them and the African breeds. Diversity levels at microsatellite loci were higher in the zebu than in the taurine breeds and were generally similar for protein loci in the breeds in each group. Microsatellite allelic distribution displayed groups of alleles specific to the Indian zebu, African taurine and European taurine. The level of the Indian zebu genetic admixture proportions in the African zebus was higher than the African taurine and European taurine admixture proportions, and ranged from 58.1% to 74.0%. The African taurine breed, Muturu was free of Indian zebu genes while its counter Namchi was highly introgressed (30.2%). Phylogenic reconstruction and principal component analysis indicate close relationships among the zebu breeds in Cameroon and Nigeria and a large genetic divergence between the main cattle groups -African taurine, European taurine and Indian zebu, and a central position for the African zebus. The study presents the first comprehensive information on the hybrid composition of the individual cattle breeds of Cameroon and Nigeria and the genetic relationships existing among them and other breeds outside of Africa. Strong evidence supporting separate domestication events for the Bos species is also provided.

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The craniology and relationships of four species of Bos 5. Bos iudicus L.

Cited by 33 publications

References 5 publications

Interrogation of modern and ancient genomes reveals the complex domestic history of cattle

Interrogation of modern and ancient genomes reveals the complex domestic history of cattle

Ancient Humped Cattle in Africa: A View from the Chad Basin

Genetic diversity, introgression and relationships among West/Central African cattle breeds

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