CNRS-InEE, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, UMR 7209, archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements, 55 rue Buffon, Paris, France.
C R Biol. 2011 Mar;334(3):171-81. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2010.12.009. Epub 2011 Feb 2.
This article aims to summarize the present archaeo(zoo)logical knowledge and reflections on the origins of Neolithic animal domestication. It targets the main characteristics of early Neolithic animal domestication set against a backdrop of two complementary scales, namely the global and macro-regional scales (the latter using the example of the Near East). It discusses the conceptual and methodological issues, arguing in favor of an anthropozoological approach taking into account the intentions and the dynamics of human societies and critically analyzes the reductionist neo-Darwinian concepts of co-evolution and human niche construction. It also provides a brief discussion on the birth of ungulate domestication and its roots, as well as appropriate bibliographic references to enlighten the current status of domestication research.
本文旨在总结当前关于新石器时代动物驯化起源的考古（动物学）知识和思考。它以两个互补的尺度为背景，即全球尺度和大区域尺度（后者以近东为例），针对早期新石器时代动物驯化的主要特征进行了讨论。它讨论了概念和方法问题，主张采用一种考虑人类社会意图和动态的人类动物学方法，并批判性地分析了协同进化和人类生态位构建的简化新达尔文主义概念。本文还简要讨论了有蹄类动物驯化的诞生及其根源，并提供了适当的参考文献，以阐明当前的驯化研究现状。
