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Journal Article
The Dromedary Camel and the Yak: Very Different Animals with Many Similar Traits
2022
Overview
Degen et al look at remarkable similarity in pastoral livelihoods at climatic extremes, from the ice of the Himalayas to the Arabian Peninsula and the Sahara. In both contexts, the domestication of yak and camel, and the integration of these exceptional animals in a pastoral system, triggered an evolutionary advantage, enabling the use and occupation of environments that had until then remained out of reach. Extreme climatic conditions were not something that happened to those pastoralists and that they had to cope with. On the contrary, pastoral systems in the Himalayas and in the hot deserts were developed from the new capacity to make use of such extreme environments.
