Ancient African cattle first domesticated in Middle East, study reveals
Friday, March 28, 2014 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The genetic history of 134 cattle breeds from around the world has been completed by a group of researchers. In the process of completing this history, they found that ancient domesticated African cattle originated in the 'Fertile Crescent,' a region that covered modern day Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Israel.