Kirjoittaja Kinaporin kalifi » 19 Marras 2018 11:59
Karjan eurooppalaiset-kin juuret ovat tutkimuksen mukaan selviö (tätä ei tietenkään voi korostaa liikaa), mutta mm. osa lammaslinjoista näyttäisi saapuneen tänne jo pronssikaudellla jostain Volga-Kaman suunnasta :
"For both cattle and sheep populations, ancient NEBSR (NEBSR=Koillisen Itämeren alue) haplotypes are found in high frequencies in Volga-Kama and Middle Volga regions in western Russia, giving compelling support for the old connections between populations. Further, sheep haplogroup A is suggested to originate from the eastern expansion route a long time ago, perhaps in the Viking era (Late Iron Age), arriving to the NEBSR perhaps through Viking trading roads along the river of Volga (Tapio, 2006). The distribution of ancient sheep haplotypes, especially the phylogenetically oldest central A haplotype, supports the hypothesis of the eastern expansion route and a Volga-Kama origin for haplogroup A and also for some B haplotypes frequent in the Volga region. The first arrival of haplogroup A to the NEBSR dates back further in time than the Vikings era, as it is first detected in the Bronze Age cohort and, on the other hand, may have been brought again or accumulated by drift into Åland, Kihnu and Finnish Grey Landrace, where haplogroup A is more frequent than it was in historic periods.
...Interestingly, among ancient Altai mtDNA sequences, two identical matches are found with ancient NEBSR sheep (based on the maximum common resolution of 522 and 345 bp). Two Altai Early Bronze Age (2025-1075 BC) sheep, one in both A and B haplogroups, are found in Finnish Medieval sheep."
Yhteydet, rakentuen jotenkin, näyttäisivät siis ulottuvan jopa Altaille. Lampaankasvatusta ei tämän pohjalta ole voitu Suomessa omaksua esim. germaaneilta, koska ite elukat ovat osin jostain Volga-Kamalta.