From dogs to horses, domestication was a game-changer for us, and the creatures we took into our care.
livestock DNA, found in Iran, belonged to a goat and dates to around 8200 B.C., just as humans were transitioning from hunter-gatherer to farmer-herder.
Rugged and well-suited to varied terrain, wild goats evolved from the bezoar ibex and proved amenable to early herding and breeding efforts. Unlike dogs, goats provided a ready source of food and other useful materials, including hair, hide, bone and sinew for everything from clothes to tools. Even their droppings were handy — their dung was fuel for burning.
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