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Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. Cattle were first domesticated to serve as a food source, but around BC, Neolithic British and Northern European farmers began milking cattle. Ancient artwork still exists depicting scenes from daily life, like milking and straining. In Ancient Egypt cows were deified and worshiped!
There was even a cow goddess, Hathor, who personified the principles of motherhood, feminine love and joy. This goddess guarded the fertility of the land and helped women during childbirth. Hathor was commonly depicted with head horns with a sun disk in between. By BC the cow was considered a sacred animal in the Hindu religion. Dr Jean-Denis Vigne, a CNRS bio-archaeologist and author on the study, said: "In this study genetic analysis allowed us to answer questions that -- until now -archaeologists would not even attempt to address.
This restricted area could be explained by the fact that cattle breeding, contrary to, for example, goat herding, would have been very difficult for mobile societies, and that only some of them were actually sedentary at that time in the Near East. Dr Marjan Mashkour, a CNRS Archaeologist working in the Middle East added "This study highlights how important it can be to consider archaeological remains from less well-studied regions, such as Iran.
Without our Iranian data it would have been very difficult to draw our conclusions, even though they concern cattle at a global scale. Materials provided by University College London. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.
Science News. Journal Reference : R. Bollongino, J. Burger, A. However, it tallies with existing research on the matter. Jean-Denis Vigne , a CNRS bio-archaeologist and author on the study, said in the release: "A small number of cattle progenitors is consistent with the restricted area for which archaeologists have evidence for early cattle domestication 10, years ago.
This restricted area could be explained by the fact that cattle breeding, contrary to, for example, goat herding, would have been very difficult for mobile societies, and that only some of them were actually sedentary at that time in the Near East. Source: Wired.
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