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    The history of the domestic sheep goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE, and the domestication of the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia. Sheep are...
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    sheep as a lamb. Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia, with Iran being a geographic envelope of the domestication...
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    agriculture depends on domesticated organisms but does not automatically result from domestication. Michael D. Purugganan notes that domestication has been hard...
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    traits used to define the animal domestication syndrome is inconsistent. Domestication should not be confused with taming. Taming is the conditioned behavioral...
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    riding. The date of the domestication of the horse depends to some degree upon the definition of "domestication". Some zoologists define "domestication" as...
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    mountains, in the Middle East and Central Asia — were one of the first species domesticated by modern humans, with the date of domestication generally considered...
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  • gives a list of domesticated animals, also including a list of animals which are or may be currently undergoing the process of domestication and animals...
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    Goat (redirect from Domesticated goat)
    distinct breeds of goat. It is one of the oldest domesticated species of animal - according to archaeological evidence its earliest domestication occurred in...
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    The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog. This included the dog's genetic divergence from the wolf, its domestication...
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    flax. Domestication was a slow process that unfolded across multiple regions, and was preceded by centuries if not millennia of pre-domestication cultivation...
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    Orozco-terWengel, Pablo (20 March 2018). "New light shed on the domestication history of sheep and goats". Cardiff University. McTavish, E.J.; Decker, J...
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  • refer to: An island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland: Boreray, North Uist Boreray, St Kilda A domesticated animal: Boreray sheep This disambiguation page...
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  • Earliest dates suggested for the domestication of the sheep, in Mesopotamia. 12.9 kya - 11.7 kya: The Younger Dryas, a period of sudden cooling and return...
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    genera in the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae. Sheep belong to the genus Ovis and have 54 chromosomes, while goats belong to the genus Capra...
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    domesticated breeds of sheep. Polycerate (multi-horned) sheep breeds include the Hebridean, Icelandic, Jacob, Manx Loaghtan, and the Navajo-Churro. Horns...
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  • have just one of several significant difficulties that prevent domestication. He argues that all large mammals that could be domesticated, have been.: 168–174 ...
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    Pig (redirect from Domesticated Pig)
    Mirte (26 December 2018). "A Genomics Perspective on Pig Domestication". Animal Domestication. IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.82646. ISBN 978-1-83880-174-8...
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    The Drenthe Heath Sheep (Drents Heideschaap, Dutch) is a domesticated breed of sheep originating in the Netherlands. It is raised primarily for vegetation...
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    The human–canine bond is rooted in the domestication of the dog, which began occurring through their long-term association with hunter-gatherers more...
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    Assaf is a breed of domesticated sheep from Israel. The Assaf sheep is the product of crossbreeding the Awassi and East Friesian. The Assaf is a dual purpose...
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    The Bizet [bi.ze] is a domesticated breed of sheep originating from France. It grows wool but is primarily raised for meat. In 1952, the Bizet was introduced...
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  • until the ceramic Neolithic. Only dog and pig bones show morphological signs of domestication (size reduction), sheep, goat and cattle bones are in the size...
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  • The Baluchi is a domesticated breed of sheep originating from now southwest Pakistan, Baluchistan, eastern Iran and southern Afghanistan. It is a member...
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    (Younger Dryas). 9500: Beginning of Holocene. 7000: Domestication of the sheep. 6900: Domestication of the dog. 5000: Appearance of Linear Pottery culture in...
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  • Arabi is a domesticated breed of fat-tailed sheep from southwestern Iran, southern Iraq and northeastern Arabia and Egypt. Though it does grow wool, it...
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    documented of the domestication of wheat and barley, rapidly followed by that of goats, sheep, and cattle. In April 2006, it was announced in the scientific...
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  • The Balkhi is a domesticated breed of sheep found in Afghanistan and North-western Pakistan. This breed is of the fat-tailed mutton type. Though this...
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    Capra (genus) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
    archaeological evidence its earliest domestication occurred in Iran at 10,000 calibrated calendar years ago. Wild goats are animals of mountain habitats. They are...
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    it is believed that the domestication of the donkey was accomplished long after the domestication of cattle, sheep and goats in the seventh and eighth...
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    upper Mesopotamia from the Neolithic era. Cheese – Possibly as early as 8000  BCE after the domestication of the Sheep in the Fertile Crescent Brânză...
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