Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China

doi:10.1038/srep16794

	Peaches Preceded Humans: Fossil Evidence from SW China
	Su,Tao; Wilf,Peter; Huang,Yongjiang; Zhang,Shitao; Zhou,Zhekun
	2015-11-26
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷号	5
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.
DOI	10.1038/srep16794
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000365385900001
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/25250
专题	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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