Palaeoproteomics confirm earliest domesticated sheep in southern Africa ca. 2000 BP

Abstract We used palaeoproteomics and peptide mass fingerprinting to obtain secure species identifications of key specimens of early domesticated fauna from South Africa, dating to ca. 2000 BP. It can be difficult to distinguish fragmentary remains of early domesticates (sheep) from similar-sized lo...

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Main Authors: Ashley N. Coutu, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Meaghan Mackie, Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen, Matthew J. Collins, Judith Sealy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85756-8