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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Ancient dung analysis suggests animals being farmed for food 13,000 years ago

Animals were being farmed for food as early as around 13,000 years ago, an analysis of ancient dung suggests.

According to researchers, hunter-gatherers living in Abu Hureyra – the Upper Euphrates valley in Syria – were bringing sheep and other live animals and tending to them outside their huts thousands of years ago.

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