The Domestification of Sheep, Cattle, and Goats

[Michael]

According to genetic mapping and archeological findings, the domestication of sheep, cattle, and goats, all occurred in Mesopotamia at approximately the same time period 11,000 years ago.

Sheep:
"Sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated by humankind; sources provide a domestication date between nine and eleven thousand years ago in Mesopotamia". (Ensminger)

Goats:
"Goats are among the earliest animals domesticated by humans.[5] The most recent genetic analysis[6] confirms the archaeological evidence that the wild bezoar of the Anatolian Zagros are the likely origin of almost all domestic goats today.[5] Neolithic farmers began to herd wild goats for easy access to milk and meat, primarily, as well as for their dung, which was used as fuel, and their bones, hair, and sinew for clothing, building, and tools.[1] The earliest remnants of domesticated goats dating 10,000 years before present are found in Ganj Dareh in Iran" (Wiki)

Cattle:
"Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius. Cattle are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal), as dairy animals for milk and other dairy products, and as draft animals (oxen or bullocks) (pulling carts, plows and the like). Other products include leather and dung for manure or fuel...From as few as 80 progenitors domesticated in southeast Turkey about 10,500 years ago,[2] an estimated 1.3 billion cattle are in the world today.[3] In 2009, cattle became the first livestock animal to have a fully mapped genome.[4]" (Wiki)

[NicoChristian]

I've found the topic of animal domestication very interesting and have myself taken a personal interest in it. Sometimes I wonder if animals were actually domesticated, or were in fact created to serve the purpose they do. Many animals cannot be domesticated easily or at all, e.g wolves, zebras, deer, birds. I would assume that if domestication did occur then it occurred in the sixth era, when the pre-Adamic Whites were created. The truth is that a lot of animal domestication remains a mystery, experts are unsure about how or when dogs were domesticated and I would question whether they actually came from wolves because there are species of wild dogs even today.

It's an interesting topic you've brought up, but one that is fundamental to our history and our race.

[Eveleen]

I think that domestication was a process that happened more or less like this video explains. However, I do think that the animals we consider now domestic were not as wild as the ones who are very hard if not impossible to tame.