As the most familiar livestock animal of the all conquering Eurasian population, the modern cow descends from a wild ancestor who thrived throughout Europe, Asia and North Africa up until the end of ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ever domesticated in tropical Africa? Africa, south of the Sahara ...

But what about humankind's other animal friends? Donkeys are thought to have been domesticated in East Africa around 7,000 years ago, whereas cattle and sheep domestication took place 8,000 years ...

An international team of researchers published a study in the journal Science, revealing new insights into sheep domestication and its profound impact on human civilization. Led by Dr. Kevin Daly, the ...