Learn more here. The “Fertile Crescent,” a term coined by University of Chicago Egyptologist James Henry Breasted, refers to a crescent-shaped region in Western Asia. Formed by the Tigris and ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

For over 11,000 years, sheep have been deeply connected to human survival and way of life. Their meat and domestication […] ...

From migratory practices to modern language, learn how sheep have played a major role in the history of humanity.

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact ...

Few people have spent time gazing into a sheep’s eyes, but if you have, you may have noticed something very strange about their pupils. Instead of being round, as is the case with humans, they are ...

Sheep shaped human history for 12,000 years. Scientists traced their migration, domestication, and genetic evolution.

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

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New DNA research uncovers how ancient sheep migrations shaped farming, revealing key domestication and breeding traits over 12,000 years.

First, in parallel with human cultural influences spreading out from the early cities of Mesopotamia we see sheep genomes moving west within the Fertile Crescent around 7,000 years ago.