Periodic Reporting for period 4 - ASIAPAST (From herds to empire: Biomolecular and zooarchaeological investigations of mobile pastoralism in the ancient Eurasian steppe)

The emergence of mobile pastoralism in the Eurasian steppe five thousand years ago marked a unique moment in human history, when for the first time, people relied almost exclusively on herd animals of sheep, goat, cattle, and horses for their daily food. Eventually, these...