On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:29:30 -0000, "tgpedersen" <
tgpedersen@...> wrote:
>Sidenote: strange that two of the three domestic species that come
>from SE Asia (pig, dog, chicken) are unclean in the Middle East
>(those two brought their names too). Some old ethnic conflict with
>those who imported them?
The chicken is a late (Roman period?) arrival from SE Asia.
As far as I know, the pig was domesticated independently in Europe and in SE
Asia, and my guess would be that for reasons of proximity it arrived in the
Middle East from Europe first. Neolithic in any case.
The dog was the only pre-Neolithic domesticated animal. I'm not aware of any
evidence that it comes from SE Asia.
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