title: The Evolution of Suidae.
abstract: The Suidae are a family of Cetartiodactyla composed of 17 species classified in a minimum of five extant genera that originated at least 20 million years ago. Their success is evident in the multitude of habitats in which they are found as both natural and feral populations in tropical Island Southeast Asia, the high plateau of the Himalayas, Siberia, North Africa, the Pacific Islands, Australia, and the Americas. Morphological and molecular analyses of these species have revealed numerous aspects of their biology, including the ease with which many lineages have and continue to hybridize. This trait has made them an ideal model for evolutionary biologists. Suid species have also shared a deep history with humans, from their association with early hominids in Africa to their domestication. Here we review the current knowledge of this fascinating group and provide a comprehensive evolutionary history from the Oligocene to the present day.
authors.affiliation: Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; email: laurent.frantz@arch.ox.ac.uk ; greger.larson@arch.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frantz
authors.affiliation: IUCN/SSC Wild Pig Specialist Group, Jakarta 15412, Indonesia.|School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meijaard
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gongora
authors.affiliation: Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; email: laurent.frantz@arch.ox.ac.uk ; greger.larson@arch.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haile
authors.affiliation: Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martien A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Groenen
authors.affiliation: Palaeogenomics & Bio-Archaeology Research Network, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, United Kingdom; email: laurent.frantz@arch.ox.ac.uk ; greger.larson@arch.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Greger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern; D000818:Animals; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D001315:Australia; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005580:Fossils; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D010139:Pacific Islands; D012800:Siberia; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
keywords: domestication; hybridization; phylogeography; pigs