家猪起源研究的新视角

A New Perspective for the Study of the Origin of the Domestic Pig

前言 越来越多的证据清楚地表明，野猪（Sus scrofa）向家猪（Sus scrofa f．domestica）的转变是逐步发生的，要延续多代，在时间上经历多个世纪，甚至是数千年。最近，在土耳其的卡耀努·特佩斯（Cayoenü Tepesi）这个关于早期家猪驯化的重要遗址所做的动物考古研究，也证明了这一观点。我们的最新研究结果表明，在辨别考古遗存中人与某些动物关系的变化时，除了通常使用的标准外，线性牙釉质发育不全（Linear Enamel Hypoplasia，简称LEH）这种病理情况分析。也具有很好的应用前景。

Studies of the linear enamel hypoplasia of the pig＇s molars have obtained new evidence for judging whether an archaeological site has proofs of raising the domestic pig. Examinations and analyses of the specimens of the modern Chinese wild pig in the collection of foreign research institutions and the pig＇s mandibles unearthed from six ancient sites of China offer results roughly conformable to previous research conclusions, and at the same time raise new problems, which will play prominent role in the study into the origin of the domestic pig in ancient China.