Archaeology Paleogenetics

1 archaeology

1.1 ancient disease

1.1.1 Ötzi


1.2 domestication of animals

archaeology
ancient disease

studying dna of deceased allows @ medical history of human race. looking can discover when diseases first appeared , began afflict humans.

Ötzi

the oldest case of lyme disease discovered in genome on man called Ötzi iceman. Ötzi died around 3,300 b.c., , remains discovered in eastern alps in 1990s. analysis of genes not run until 20 years later. genetic remains of bacterium cause lyme disease, borrelia burgdorferi, discovered in genetic material Ötzi.

domestication of animals

not can past humans investigated through paleogenetics, organisms had effect on can examined. through examination of divergence found in domesticated species such cattle , archaeological record wild counterparts; effect of domestication can studied, tell lot behaviors of cultures domesticated them. genetics of these animals reveals traits not shown in paleontological remains, such clues behavior, development, , maturation of these animals. diversity in genes can tell species domesticated, , how these domesticates migrated these locations elsewhere.