Ancient DNA analysis explains spread of domestic goats from Fertile Crescent into Caucasus

Nagoya University-based researchers analyze ancient DNA of Neolithic domestic goats to reveal that the goats were introduced into the Southern Caucasus from the Fertile Crescent during the early sixth millennium BC, probably alongside establishment of trade links or population movement. Ancient goat bone from Göytepe used for DNA analyses [Credit: Nagoya University]Domestic goats first appeared in the Fertile Crescent, in modern-day...

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