Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies
Abstract Phylogeography and zooarchaeology are largely separate disciplines, yet each interrogates relationships between humans and commensal species. Knowledge gained about human history from studies of four commensal rats ( Rattus rattus, R. tanezumi, R. exulans , and R. norvegicus ) is outlined,...
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crwiley:10.1002/bies.201900160 2024-09-15T18:32:02+00:00 Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies Puckett, Emily E. Orton, David Munshi‐South, Jason Wellcome Trust National Science Foundation Leverhulme Trust Division of Environmental Biology 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900160 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fbies.201900160 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/bies.201900160 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/bies.201900160 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002%2Fbies.201900160 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ BioEssays volume 42, issue 5 ISSN 0265-9247 1521-1878 journal-article 2020 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.201900160 2024-08-01T04:19:52Z Abstract Phylogeography and zooarchaeology are largely separate disciplines, yet each interrogates relationships between humans and commensal species. Knowledge gained about human history from studies of four commensal rats ( Rattus rattus, R. tanezumi, R. exulans , and R. norvegicus ) is outlined, and open questions about their spread alongside humans are identified. Limitations of phylogeographic and zooarchaeological studies are highlighted, then how integration would increase understanding of species’ demographic histories and resultant inferences about human societies is discussed. How rat expansions have informed the understanding of human migration, urban settlements, trade networks, and intra‐ and interspecific competition is reviewed. Since each rat species is associated with different human societies, they identify unique ecological and historical/cultural conditions that influenced their expansion. Finally, priority research areas including nuclear genome based phylogeographies are identified using archaeological evidence to understand R. norvegicus expansion across China, multi‐wave colonization of R. rattus across Europe, and competition between R. rattus and R. norvegicus . Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Wiley Online Library BioEssays 42 5 |
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Abstract Phylogeography and zooarchaeology are largely separate disciplines, yet each interrogates relationships between humans and commensal species. Knowledge gained about human history from studies of four commensal rats ( Rattus rattus, R. tanezumi, R. exulans , and R. norvegicus ) is outlined, and open questions about their spread alongside humans are identified. Limitations of phylogeographic and zooarchaeological studies are highlighted, then how integration would increase understanding of species’ demographic histories and resultant inferences about human societies is discussed. How rat expansions have informed the understanding of human migration, urban settlements, trade networks, and intra‐ and interspecific competition is reviewed. Since each rat species is associated with different human societies, they identify unique ecological and historical/cultural conditions that influenced their expansion. Finally, priority research areas including nuclear genome based phylogeographies are identified using archaeological evidence to understand R. norvegicus expansion across China, multi‐wave colonization of R. rattus across Europe, and competition between R. rattus and R. norvegicus . |
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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies |
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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies |
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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies |
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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies |
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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies |
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commensal rats and humans: integrating rodent phylogeography and zooarchaeology to highlight connections between human societies |
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