Re: HEADLINES for the scientifically literate

[Tommy Tyrberg <tommy.tyrberg@norrkoping.mail.telia.com>]

>"Domesticated pigs date back 23 million years to the Miocene epoch in 
present-day Kazakhstan.
>At that time, there were three major varieties of domestic swine on the 
planet: the Asiatic, the >Neapolitan, and the Celtic. As soon as nomadic 
tribes began to make contact, pigs cross-bred with >one another and with 
wild boars, to create thousands of hog breeds."

This is an interesting new concept. We have all heard of preadaptation, but 
here we apparently have a clear case of predomestication.

Tommy Tyrberg