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The Mysterious Ancient Greek Sage Who Slept for 57 Years
The life of ancient Greek sage, philosopher and prophet Epimenides of Crete straddles history and myth, but some of his works ...
New Scientist24d
Ancient ancestor of the plague discovered in Bronze Age sheep
The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities ...
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DNA analysis reveals 11,000-year bond between sheep and humans
Now, a genetic study of ancient sheep bones sheds new light on their early domestication, dispersal, and adaptation. Sheep were first domesticated from wild Asiatic mouflon in what is now Türkiye ...
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The Hidden Origin of the Black Death – The Bacteria That Caused Millions of Deaths Has Been Found in a Prehistoric Sheep
Recent DNA analysis has uncovered that a Bronze Age sheep from Arkaim, a settlement in the southern Urals (situated in modern Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, near ...
Ancestor of Black Death Has Been Discovered in Bronze-Age Sheep
"It was remarkable to discover a domesticated sheep from the Bronze Age that was infected with LNBA plague. This gave us an ...
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From Mongolia to Ireland, Ancient DNA Reveals History of Sheep–Human Connections
As early as 8,000 years ago the team found evidence that farmers were deliberately selecting their flocks – for example, for the genes coding for coat colour. Sheep have been intertwined with human ...
Country Life6y
Shaggy sheep stories: 21 native British sheep breeds and how to recognise them
This ancient Welsh mountain breed is the most well represented native sheep at the Royal Welsh Show, where about 200 make for a striking checkerboard display. It splits into two exacting colour ...