Publications by authors named "Bayarkhuu Noost"
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- - Horses transformed human mobility, but the timeline of their domestication and integration as transport is debated, with new genetic data being used to clarify this history.
- - Analysis of 475 ancient horse genomes indicates that modern domestic horses were shaped by human intervention around 2200 BCE, after a domestication bottleneck began around 2700 BCE, leading to a significant expansion across Eurasia.
- - Evidence also suggests that there was early horse husbandry in central Asia at Botai around 3500 BCE, prior to the establishment of contemporary horse bloodlines, challenging the notion of large herds being linked to migrations around 3000 BCE.
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- The eastern steppe has a rich history of pastoralist groups, but it's been hard to pinpoint when domesticated animals like ruminants and horses were fully adopted due to a lack of remains.
- Recent studies on ancient dairy consumption in the Altai Mountains reveal data from the Early Bronze to Late Iron Age, linking dairy shifts to social complexity in western Mongolia, including population growth and monument construction.
- The findings indicate that the development of complex societies was initially driven by the adoption of ruminant livestock, with social changes and significant horse dairying practices emerging later, around 1350 cal BCE.
Rationale: Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope time series performed in continuously growing tissues (hair, tooth enamel) are commonly used to reconstruct the dietary history of modern and ancient animals. Predicting the effects of altitudinal mobility on animal δ C and δ N values remains difficult as several variables such as temperature, water availability or soil type can contribute to the isotope composition. Modern references adapted to the region of interest are therefore essential.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Altai Mountains have been a long-term boundary zone between the Eurasian Steppe populations and South and East Asian populations. To disentangle some of the historical population movements in this area, 14 ancient human specimens excavated in the westernmost part of the Mongolian Altai were studied. Thirteen of them were dated from the Middle to the End of the Bronze Age and one of them to the Eneolithic period.
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