Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact extends far beyond providing meat. Their wool transformed clothing, their ...

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 […] ...

People have been keeping sheep in pens for around 11,000 years. Now scientists are shedding light on this millennia-old ...

Cosmos Magazine reports that analysis of DNA samples taken from 118 sheep bones unearthed at archaeological sites in Europe ...

Sheep are now one of the most economically important domestic animals, and most live in man-made enclosures of some kind where they have a degree of protection from the elements and predators.

It is so dismaying that the Weminuche bighorn population has dropped from 460 to 290 since 2011, especially when the target population is over 1,000 animals (Terry Meyers, Durango Herald, Jan. 29).

Also, by that time, the earliest domestic sheep genomes from Europe and further east in Iran and Central Asia had diverged from each other. However, this separation did not last as people ...