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Domestication of the pig

2005/06/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

The University of Upsala, in Sweden, has investigated when and where the domestication of the pig occurred. The result has been published in the journal Science, according to which pigs were domesticated at least seven times, in different places in Asia and Europe, about 10,000 years ago. To reach these conclusions, the DNA of the mitochondria of domesticated pigs and wild pigs has been analyzed.