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