Editing Archaeogenetics (section)

==== Domestication of animals ====
Archaeogenetics has been used to study the domestication of animals.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://anthropology.si.edu/archaeobio/images/zederetal_2006_docdom_tig.pdf|title=Documenting domestication: the inter- section of genetics and archaeology|last=Zeder |display-authors=etal }}</ref> By analyzing genetic diversity in domesticated animal populations researchers can search for genetic markers in DNA to give valuable insight about possible traits of progenitor species.<ref name=":8" /> These traits are then used to help distinguish archaeological remains between wild and domesticated specimens.<ref name=":8" /> The genetic studies can also lead to the identification of ancestors for domesticated animals.<ref name=":8" /> The information gained from genetics studies on current populations helps guide the Archaeologist's search for documenting these ancestors.<ref name=":8" />

Archaeogenetics has been used to trace the domestication of pigs throughout the old world.<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal|url=http://www.pnas.org/content/104/39/15276.full.pdf|title=Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe|last=Larson |display-authors=etal |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}}</ref> These studies also reveal evidence about the details of early farmers.<ref name=":11" /> Methods of Archaeogenetics have also been used to further understand the development of domestication of dogs.<ref name=":14">{{Cite journal|title=Rethinking dog domestication by integrating genetics, archeology, and biogeography|last=Larson |display-authors=etal |pmid=22615366|doi=10.1073/pnas.1203005109|volume=109|pmc=3384140|year=2012|journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.|issue=23|pages=8878–83|bibcode=2012PNAS..109.8878L|doi-access=free }}</ref> Genetic studies have shown that all dogs are descendants from the gray wolf, however, it is currently unknown when, where, and how many times dogs were domesticated.<ref name=":14" /> Some genetic studies have indicated multiple domestications while others have not.<ref name=":14" /> Archaeological findings help better understand this complicated past by providing solid evidence about the progression of the domestication of dogs.<ref name=":14" /> As early humans domesticated dogs the archaeological remains of buried dogs became increasingly more abundant.<ref name=":14" /> Not only does this provide more opportunities for archaeologists to study the remains, it also provides clues about early human culture.<ref name=":14" />