New York, March 28 (IANS) The ancient domesticated African cattle originated in the "Fertile Crescent", a region that covered modern day Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Israel, a new research has found. "The genetics of these African cattle breeds are similar to those of cattle first domesticated in the Middle East nearly 10,000 years ago, proving that those cattle were brought to Africa as farmers migrated south," said professor Jared Decker of the University of Missouri. In the study, the researchers compared the similarities and differences among the genetics of many different cattle breeds to determine how the breeds are related.
03-28-2014, 02:18 PM
Origin of African cattle traced to Middle East
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