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Did This Bronze Age Sheep Trigger One of History’s Deadliest Diseases?
Scientists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old ancestor of the Black Death in the remains of a Bronze Age sheep, shedding light ...
ScienceAlert on MSN7d
Ancestor of Black Death Has Been Discovered in Bronze-Age Sheep
"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...
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At County Fairs, a Winning Animal Isn’t Everything
The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped the course of their evolution. When I moved to Minnesota from Denver, I wanted to capture this notion of competitive livestock lineage.
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Why are sheep white? And when did humans domesticate them?
From domestication to the use of milk and wool to cultural and economic developments, sheep have played a central role in the evolution of human societies. Without livestock like sheep ...