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This project aims to explore the history and genetic diversity of domestic sheep in northeastern Europe using advanced zooarchaeological and genomic techniques. It seeks to clarify the origins and development of sheep populations over millennia, contributing to our understanding of livestock evolution.
Sheep (Ovis aries) is one of the most important and widely distributed domestic species worldwide according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and considered one of the ‘big five’ livestock species alongside cattle, goat, pig and chicken.
The high number of sheep breeds with worldwide distribution, and the 11,000 years alongside humans makes them a fascinating, yet difficult species to study.
Important information on the history of domestic sheep has been obtai…
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