May
12
/ 2020
Researchers in China have found evidence that Stone Age people had a close relationship with hares. While they never domesticated them as they did with dogs, it appears that humans changed the behaviors of these small mammals. The reasons for prehistoric human interaction with hares may be a result of cultural and religious beliefs, and this is allowing us to understand the world of Neolithic Chinese people. Hares’ Diet Changed By Humans A team of experts examined the remains of human and animal bones from the site of a Neolithic farming community at Yangjiesha in Northern China. This is situated in the Loess Plateau, which was occupied by Stone Age farmers and played an important role in the early history
