Goat - Wikipedia
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae, meaning it is closely related to the sheep.
Domestication of the goat - Wikipedia
Early goat domestication was able to provide meat, milk, clothing and fuel for Neolithic farmers and their remains could also have been used to build shelters and weapons. [5] The domestication process has rapidly increased both the rate of evolutionary development and the genetic diversity of the goat population, with there currently being ...
A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy
2022年10月11日 · Domestic goats descended mainly from the wild goat, Capra aegagrus, which still inhabits the mountains of Turkey, the Caucasus, Iran, and Pakistan. But exactly where did goats originate, and when did they start to cohabit with humans? Then, how did the domestic goat spread around the world?
The origin of domestication genes in goats | Science Advances
2020年5月21日 · Here, we analyze the genomes of worldwide domestic goats, wild caprid species, and historical remains, providing evidence of an ancient introgression event from a West Caucasian tur-like species to the ancestor of domestic goats.
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山羊 （学名： Capra aegagrus hircus） [1] 又稱 夏羊 、 黑羊 或 羖羊，和 綿羊 一样，是最早被人類馴化的 家畜 之一。 山羊的祖先是 野山羊，在距今10,500年前于 伊朗 扎格罗斯 完成驯化 [2]。 人类馴養山羊的最初目的是为了便于取得其 毛 、 肉 和 奶。 山羊 皮 直到 中世紀 還被經常用於旅行和野營時使用的水袋或酒袋，在某些地區，山羊皮還製成 羊皮紙 用於書寫。 山羊肉和山羊奶至今仍做為食用。 在 印度，山羊肉常被叫做「羊肉」或「羔羊肉」。 山羊皮仍被用於製作 小羊 …
The History and Domestication of Goats - ThoughtCo
2019年11月11日 · Goats (Capra hircus) were among the first domesticated animals, adapted from the wild bezoar ibex (Capra aegagrus) in western Asia. Bezoar ibexes are native to the southern slopes of the Zagros and Taurus mountains in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey.
Domestication Process of the Goat Revealed by an Analysis of …
The goats (Capra hircus) are one of the oldest domesticated animals, and based on archaeological evidence are thought to have been domesticated initially in the Fertile Crescent (≈10,000 years ago) .
Goat | Description, Breeds, Milk, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月25日 · Domesticated goats are descended from the pasang (Capra aegagrus), which is probably native to Asia, the earliest records being Persian. In China, Great Britain, Europe, and North America, the domestic goat is primarily a milk producer, with a large portion of the milk being used to make cheese.
Goat domestication and breeding: a jigsaw of historical, …
Domestic goats (Capra hircus) are spread across the five continents with a census of 1 billion individuals. The worldwide population of goats descends from a limited number of bezoars (Capra aegagrus) domesticated 10 000 YBP (years before the present) in the Fertile Crescent.
When Were Goats Domesticated, and Where? - Goat Journal
2022年12月15日 · It appears that goats were not just domesticated once by a single community, but by several distinct communities around the Fertile Crescent, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean down to the Persian Gulf. Domestication did not happen suddenly, but was a slow process, starting with the hunting of wild goats.