The goat spends its time eating, drinking, sleeping and seems bemused by and indifferent to its surroundings more than anything else.
Trinity College has collaborated on new research that has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the remains of 32 goats that died some 10,000 years ago in the Zagros mountains, provide clues to how early agricultural practices shaped the evolution of these animals Archaeological evidence […]