Scientists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old ancestor of the Black Death in the remains of a Bronze Age sheep, shedding light on the early evolution of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria responsible for ...

"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an important clue for how plague could transmit within pastoralist communities ...

From domestication to the use of milk and wool to cultural and economic developments, sheep have played a central role in the ...

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.