Eight millennia of changes in domestic plants and animals: understanding local adaptation under socio-economic and climatic fluctuations

Project Information

DEMETER

Grant agreement ID: 852573

DOI

10.3030/852573

Project closed

EC signature date 23 October 2019

Start date 1 March 2020

End date 31 July 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 447 800,00

EU contribution

€ 1 447 800,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS
France

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Data Management Plan (DMP)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Palaeodietary reconstruction of wild and domestic goats using dental microwear texture analysis. A case study from two early Neolithic sites in the southern Levant

Author(s): Sergio Jiménez-Manchón, Lionel Gourichon, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Allowen Evin, Marie Meister, Juan Muñiz, Faiza Tekkouk, Sílvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Juan José Ibáñez
Published in: Historical Biology, 2024, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 0891-2963
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2359466

Breed function and behaviour correlate with endocranial volume in domestic dogs

Author(s): Ana M. Balcarcel, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Allowen Evin, Marc Nussbaumer, Adeline Hemelsdaël, Madeleine Geiger
Published in: Biology Letters, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1744-9561
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0342

Forest exploitation in the plains of early medieval northern Catalonia: Anthracological review

Author(s): Marie Larrieu, Christophe Vaschalde, Jérôme Kotarba, Carole Puig, Jérôme Ros
Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Issue 320, 2023, Page(s) 104993, ISSN 0034-6667
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104993

Barley systematics and taxonomy foreseen by seed morphometric variation

Author(s): Angèle Jeanty, Laurent Bouby, Vincent Bonhomme, François Balfourier, Clément Debiton, Camille Dham, Sarah Ivorra, Jérôme Ros, Allowen Evin
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) e0285195, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285195

Optimizing digitalization effort in morphometrics

Author(s): Allowen Evin, Vincent Bonhomme, Julien Claude
Published in: Biology Methods and Protocols, Issue 5/1, 2020, Page(s) 1-10, ISSN 2396-8923
Publisher: Biology Methods and Protocols
DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpaa023

Size and shape of the semicircular canal of the inner ear: A new marker of pig domestication?

Author(s): Allowen Evin; Loïc David; Antoine Souron; Bastien Mennecart; Maeva Orliac; Renaud Lebrun
Published in: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Issue 2, 2022, ISSN 1552-5007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23127

Identification of archaeological barley grains using geometric morphometrics and experimental charring

Author(s): Angèle Jeanty, Jérôme Ros, Cyprien Mureau, Camille Dham, Célia Lecomte, Vincent Bonhomme, Sarah Ivorra, Isabel Figueiral, Laurent Bouby, Allowen Evin
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 162, 2024, Page(s) 105924, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2023.105924

Agricultural Dynamics in Southwestern Mediterranean France from the End of the Iron Age to the Early Middle Ages

Author(s): Ros Jérôme, Angèle Jeanty, Bouby Laurent, Flora Garcia, Kotarba Jérôme, Passarrius Olivier, Puig Carole, Bénézet Jérôme, Guinaudeau Nicolas, Evin Allowen
Published in: Environmental Archaeology, 2023, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 1461-4103
Publisher: Maney Publishing
DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2271257

Transport of seashells through Gallia Narbonensis: Archaeobiogeography, provenance and trade of smooth scallop Flexopecten glaber revealed through geometric morphometrics

Author(s): Cyprien Mureau, Vianney Forest, Angèle Jeanty, Sarah Ivorra, Gaël Piquès, Vincent Bonhomme, Allowen Evin
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 177, 2025, Page(s) 106182, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2025.106182

Defining Fragmentation Patterns of Archaeological Bone Remains without Typologies: A Landmark-Based Approach on Rodent Mandibula

Author(s): Marine Durocher; Allowen EVIN; Violaine Nicolas; Sandrine Grouard; Renan Maestri
Published in: Quaternary, Issue 2571550X, 2022, ISSN 2571-550X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/quat5010014

Seed morphometrics unravels the evolutionary history of grapevine in France

Author(s): L. Bouby, V. Bonhomme, S. Ivorra, R. Bacilieri, S. Ben Makhad, E. Bonnaire, M. Cabanis, M. Derreumaux, M. F. Dietsch-Sellami, F. Durand, A. Evin, I. Figueiral, L. Flottes, C. Hallavant, F. Jedrusiak, T. Lacombe, P. Marinval, L. Martin, V. Matterne, C. Pagnoux, T. Pastor, R. Pinaud, B. Pradat, S. Preiss, J. Ros, N. Rovira, M. P. Ruas, C. Schaal, M. Tillier, F. Toulemonde, J. Wiethold, J. F. Terral
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72692-6

Morphometric evolution of the domestic triad, in western Gallia Narbonensis (southern France, Languedoc), between the 2nd c.BC and the 4th c.AD: Preliminary and critical use of log size index for diachronic analysis

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean; Cyprien Mureau; Vianney Forest; Allowen Evin
Published in: Quaternary International, 2022, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.07.001

Archaeobiological evolution of barley ( <i>Hordeum vulgare</i> ) over the last eight millennia in the northwestern Mediterranean Basin

Author(s): Angèle Jeanty, Laurent Bouby, Cyprien Mureau, Léa d'Oliveira, Camille Dham, Célia Lecomte, Vincent Bonhomme, Sarah Ivorra, Natàlia Alonso Martinez, Ferran Antolín, Ramon Buxó, Isabel Figueiral, Charlotte Hallavant, Dani Lopez Reyes, Philippe Marinval, Lucie Martin, Rachël Pinaud-Querrac’h, Núria Rovira, Marie-Pierre Ruas, Odile Peyron, Jérome Ros, Allowen Evin
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 380, 2025, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0194

Evolution under intensive industrial breeding: skull size and shape comparison between historic and modern pig lineages

Author(s): A. Haruda, A. Evin, F. Steinheimer, R. Schafberg
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241039

Reconstructing 15 000 years of southern France temperatures from coupled pollen and molecular (branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether) markers (Canroute, Massif Central)

Author(s): Léa d'Oliveira, Lucas Dugerdil, Guillemette Ménot, Allowen Evin, Serge D. Muller, Salomé Ansanay-Alex, Julien Azuara, Colline Bonnet, Laurent Bremond, Mehmet Shah, Odile Peyron
Published in: Climate of the Past, Issue 19, 2024, Page(s) 2127-2156, ISSN 1814-9332
Publisher: Climate of the Past
DOI: 10.5194/cp-19-2127-2023

Multifactorial temporo-spatial structuring of the morphological diversity of domestic pigs, sheep, and goats between Catalonia (Spain) and Languedoc (France) from the Iron Age to Antiquity

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean, Cyprien Mureau, Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Ariadna Nieto-Espinet, Armelle Gardeisen, Lídia Colominas, Audrey Renaud, Sergio Jiménez-Manchón, Maria Saña Segui, Allowen Evin
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-024-02132-z

ZooMS confirms geometric morphometrics species identification of ancient sheep and goat

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean, Krista McGrath, Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Ariadna Nieto-Espinet, Renate Schafberg, Pere Miquel Parés-Casanova, Sergio Jiménez-Manchón, Claude Guintard, Faiza Tekkouk, Rania Ridouh, Cyprien Mureau, Allowen Evin
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: Royal Society Open Science
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230672

The origins and spread of the opium poppy ( <i>Papaver somniferum</i> L.) revealed by genomics and seed morphometrics

Author(s): Rui S. R. Machado, Vincent Bonhomme, Raül Soteras, Angele Jeanty, Laurent Bouby, Allowen Evin, M. Joao Fernandes Martins, Sandra Gonçalves, Ferran Antolín, Aurélie Salavert, Hugo Rafael Oliveira
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 380, 2025, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0198

Does the choice of a reference matter for log size index analysis? A case study from roman times in southern France

Author(s): Allowen Evin; Marine Jeanjean; Cyprien Mureau; Samuel Ginot; Vianney Forest
Published in: Quaternary International, 2022, ISSN 1040-6182
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2022.11.002

Digital Zooarchaeology : State of the art , challenges , prospects and synergies

Author(s): Spyrou, A ; Nobles, G ; Hadjikoumis, A ; Evin, A ; Hulme-beaman, A ; Çakirlar, C ; Ameen, C ; Loucas, N ; Nikita, E ; Hanot, P ; Boer, N M De ; Avgousti, A ; Zohar, I ; May, H ; Rehren, Th
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2022, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103588

Sorting the flock : Quantitative identification of sheep and goat from isolated third lower molars and mandibles through geometric morphometrics

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean; Ashleigh Haruda; Lenny Salvagno; Renate Schafberg; Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas; Ariadna Nieto-Espinet; Vianney Forest; Emilie Blaise; Manon Vuillien; Cyprien Mureau; Allowen Evin
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 4, 2022, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3949221

Two species, two stories: divergent morphometric evolution of sheep and goats over the last 8000 years

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean, Cyprien Mureau, Julien Claude, Ana Balcarcel, Allowen Evin
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 380, 2025, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0514

Trends, stasis and trajectories for plant and animal domestications: possibilistic models alert on resource overexploitation

Author(s): Cédric Gaucherel, Allowen Evin
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 380, 2025, ISSN 0962-8436
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0189

8000 Years of morphometric evolution of sheep, goat and pig in the northwestern Mediterranean basin

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean, Cyprien Mureau, Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Ariadna Nieto Espinet, Sergio Jiménez Manchón, Lídia Colominas, Armelle Gardeisen, Audrey Renaud, Maria Saña Segui, Lionel Gourichon, Vincent Bonhomme, Jérome Ros, Laurent Bouby, Allowen Evin
Published in: The Holocene, Issue 35, 2025, Page(s) 491-506, ISSN 0959-6836
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/09596836251313633

Pip shape echoes grapevine domestication history.

Author(s): Vincent Bonhomme; Sarah Ivorra; Thierry Lacombe; Allowen Evin; Isabel Figueiral; David Maghradze; Cécile Marchal; Clémence Pagnoux; Thierry Pastor; Hervé Pomarèdes; Roberto Bacilieri; Jean-Frédéric Terral; Laurent Bouby
Published in: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021), Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00877-4

Archaeophenomics of ancient domestic plants and animals using geometric morphometrics : a review

Author(s): Evin, Allowen ; Bouby, Laurent ; Bonhomme, Vincent ; Jeanty, Angèle ; Jeanjean, Marine ; Terral, Jean-frédéric
Published in: Peer Community In Journal, 2022, ISSN 2742-1929
Publisher: The Peer Community In organisation
DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal

Sorting the flock: Quantitative identification of sheep and goat from isolated third lower molars and mandibles through geometric morphometrics

Author(s): Marine Jeanjean, Ashleigh Haruda, Lenny Salvagno, Renate Schafberg, Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Ariadna Nieto-Espinet, Vianney Forest, Emilie Blaise, Manon Vuillien, Cyprien Mureau, Allowen Evin
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science, Issue 141, 2024, Page(s) 105580, ISSN 0305-4403
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105580

Morphometrics of waterlogged archaeological seeds give new insights into the domestication and spread of Papaver somniferum L. in Western Europe

Author(s): Ana Jesus, Vincent Bonhomme, Allowen Evin, Raül Soteras, Stefanie Jacomet, Laurent Bouby, Ferran Antolín
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) e0286190, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286190

Comparative analysis of confocal microscopy objective magnifications on dental microwear texture Analysis. Implications for dietary reconstruction in caprines

Author(s): Sergio Jiménez-Manchón, Lionel Gourichon, Laura M. Martínez, Ferran Estebaranz-Sánchez, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Allowen Evin, Marie Meister, Faiza Tekkouk, Sílvia Valenzuela-Lamas, Juan José Ibáñez
Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 104716, ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104716

8,000 years of wild and domestic animal body size data reveal long-term synchrony and recent divergence due to intensified human impact

Author(s): Cyprien Mureau, Léa d’Oliveira, Odile Peyron, Emilie Blaise, Audrey Renaud, Ana Balcarcel, Marine Jeanjean, Vincent Bonhomme, Laurent Bouby, Jérôme Ros, Allowen Evin
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122, 2025, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2503428122

Wild or domestic? A 3D approach applied to crania to revisit the identification of mummified canids from ancient Egypt

Author(s): C. Brassard, A. Evin, C. Ameen, S. Curth, M. Michaud, D. Tamagnini, K. Dobney, C. Guintard, S. Porcier, H. Jerbi
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01760-1

Other (1)

Deep learning<i>versus</i>geometric morphometrics for archaeobotanical domestication study and subspecific identification

Author(s): Vincent Bonhomme, Laurent Bouby, Julien Claude, Camille Dham, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Sarah Ivorra, Angèle Jeanty, Clémence Pagnoux, Thierry Pastor, Jean-Frédéric Terral, Allowen Evin
Published in: 2024
Publisher: bioRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.15.557939

Conference proceedings (1)

The Demeter project: eight millennia of agrobiodiversity changes in the northwest Mediterranean basin

Author(s): Evin, Allowen ; Bouby, Laurent ; Ros, Jérome ; Ivorra, Sarah ; Jeanjean, Marine ; Jeanty, Angèle ; Dham, Camille ; Tillier, Margaux ; Azuara, Julien ; Forest, Vianney ; Antolin, Ferran ; Peyron, Odile ; Saña, María ; Ripoll, Joaquim ; Bonhomme, Vincent ; Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia ; Figueiral, Isabel ; Gourichon, Lionel ; Paradis, Laure ; Terral, Jean-Frédéric
Published in: 41es rencontres internationales d’archéologie et d’histoire – Nice Côte d’Azur. Biodiversities, environments and societies since prehistory : new markers and integrated approaches, 2021
Publisher: Editions EPDCA-CEPAM