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How we discovered that Europeans used cattle 8,000 years ago
• arcleinthe consumption of dairy products from sheep, goats and cattle likely dates back into the Neolithic period ?" at least 8,000 years ago in Europe (c6000 BCE) and earlier in the Near East. The origins of woolly sheep are less well-known. Wild sheep do not have woolly coats, which developed at some point following their domestication. Very few examples of preserved woollen textiles survive for millennia, so the exact date