Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China
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| 作者 | Su,Tao; Wilf,Peter; Huang,Yongjiang; Zhang,Shitao; Zhou,Zhekun
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| 刊名 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| 出版日期 | 2015-11-26 |
| 卷号 | 5 |
| 英文摘要 | Peach (Prunus persica, Rosaceae) is an extremely popular tree fruit worldwide, with an annual production near 20 million tons. Peach is widely thought to have origins in China, but its evolutionary history is largely unknown. The oldest evidence for the peach has been Chinese archaeological records dating to 8000-7000 BP. Here, we report eight fossil peach endocarps from late Pliocene strata of Kunming City, Yunnan, southwestern China. The fossils are identical to modern peach endocarps, including size comparable to smaller modern varieties, a single seed, a deep dorsal groove, and presence of deep pits and furrows. These fossils show that China has been a critical region for peach evolution since long before human presence, much less agriculture. Peaches evolved their modern morphology under natural selection, presumably involving large, frugivorous mammals such as primates. Much later, peach size and variety increased through domestication and breeding. |
| 类目[WOS] | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| 研究领域[WOS] | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| 关键词[WOS] | ROSACEAE PRUNOIDEAE ; BRITISH-COLUMBIA ; WASHINGTON-STATE ; PRUNUS ROSACEAE ; EARLY EOCENE ; ALMONDS ; EVOLUTION ; HISTORY ; CLIMATE ; USA |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000365385900001 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25250]  |
| 专题 | 昆明植物研究所_中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Su,Tao,Wilf,Peter,Huang,Yongjiang,et al. Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5. |
| APA | Su,Tao,Wilf,Peter,Huang,Yongjiang,Zhang,Shitao,&Zhou,Zhekun.(2015).Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5. |
| MLA | Su,Tao,et al."Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015). |
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