Previous researchers generally assumed that pigs found at Neolithic feasting sites had been raised locally, while cattle were considered more useful indicators of long-distance human movement.
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- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau6078 (science.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415963/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
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