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  • From: Michael Abernathy <michaelabernat9001 AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Proof of camel domestication
  • Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:29:10 -0600

I found two relevant articles related to the genetics of camel domestication. The Wild Camel Protection Foundation (http://www.wildcamels.com/scientific.htm) states that there is a 3% difference between the genetics of the wild and domesticated camel. Based on genetic evidence they place the original domestication of camels in Northwest China about 5-6000 BP. Both this site and Trends in Genetics in an article at http://anthropology.si.edu/archaeobio/Zederetal.2006.TIG.pdf place the domestication
of camels in Iran at about 2500 BC.
Sincerely,
Michael Abernathy




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