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Around 8500 BCE in Southwest Asia, humans stopped hunting wild animals and started deliberately breeding them—sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs—selecting for traits like docility and faster growth. This shift from foraging to farming with domesticated livestock became the foundation for permanent settlements, reliable food supplies, and the rise of civilization itself.
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Domesticated animals in the Philippines include pigs, chickens, water buffalo, goats, cats, and dogs. Domestication is when a species is selectively bred to produce certain traits that are seen as desirable. Some desirable traits include quicker growth and maturity, increased fertility, adaptability to various conditions, and living in herds. Domesticated animals play an important socioeconomic role in the Philippines, as seen through their widespread use in rituals.
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Pastoral economies expand across Fertile Crescent
Domesticated livestock become central to subsistence strategies across a wider region, with evidence of herding practices and animal husbandry becoming more sophisticated and specialized.
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Pastoral economies expand across Fertile Crescent
Aug 15
“Domesticated livestock become central to subsistence…”
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Day 0 · August 15, 7500
Pastoral economies expand across Fertile Crescent
Domesticated livestock become central to subsistence strategies across a wider region, with evidence of herding practices and animal husbandry becoming more sophisticated and specialized.
“Domesticated livestock become central to subsistence…”
- Pastoral economies expand across Fertile Crescent, Aug 15
Day 182622 · August 15, 8000
Domesticated herds support permanent settlements
By 8000 BCE, sites like Jericho show evidence of stable human populations sustained partly by domesticated animals, marking the transition from nomadic hunter-gathering to early sedentary agriculture.
“By 8000 BCE, sites like Jericho show evidence of stable…”
- Domesticated herds support permanent settlements, Aug 15
Day 219146 · August 15, 8100
Pig domestication in Southwest Asia
Pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia around this period, with genetic evidence showing selection from wild boar populations. Pigs' omnivorous diet made them adaptable to agricultural settlements.
“Pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia around this…”
- Pig domestication in Southwest Asia, Aug 15
Day 255670 · August 15, 8200
Cattle domestication begins
Evidence from sites across Mesopotamia and the Levant shows cattle domestication was underway, though cattle required more resources than sheep or goats and were adopted more slowly by some populations.
“Evidence from sites across Mesopotamia and the Levant shows…”
- Cattle domestication begins, Aug 15
Day 328719 · August 15, 8400
Goat domestication in Southwest Asia
Domestic goats appear in the archaeological record across the Fertile Crescent, derived from wild bezoar goats. Their hardiness and ability to thrive on marginal land made them ideal for early pastoral communities.
“What we observe in the archaeological record suggests…”
- Synthesized from period accounts - Regional settlement studies, Jun 1
“Our grandfathers hunted when hunger called.”
- Synthesized from period accounts - Oral tradition records, Apr 15
“Domestic goats appear in the archaeological record across…”
- Goat domestication in Southwest Asia, Aug 15
Day 365243 · August 15, 8500
Earliest evidence of sheep domestication
Archaeological evidence from sites like Abu Hureyra in Syria suggests sheep were among the first animals deliberately bred for human use, with morphological changes indicating selective breeding rather than hunting of wild populations.
“With animals secured within pens, we need not venture far…”
- Synthesized from period accounts - Settlement records, Aug 20
“Archaeological evidence from sites like Abu Hureyra in…”
- Earliest evidence of sheep domestication, Aug 15
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