Summary: The genetic history of 134 cattle breeds from around the world has been completed by a group of researchers. In the process of completing this history, they found that ancient domesticated African cattle originated in the ’Fertile Crescent,’ a region that covered modern day Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Israel.…
After 1994 the Republicans typically won most elections in the South. In the 19th century, Southern Democrats were people in the South who believed in Jacksonian democracy. In the 19th century, they defended slavery in the United Statesthe United StatesIn its noun form, the word generally means a resident or…
By the end of the Carboniferous, reptiles had migrated well toward the interior of Pangea. These early pioneers went on to spawn the archosaurs, pelycosaurs, and therapsids of the ensuing Permian period. (It was the archosaurs that went on to spawn the first dinosaurs nearly a hundred million years later.)…
The practice of medicine in the United States dates back to the early 1600s. At the beginning of the 17th century, medical practice in England was divided into three groups: the physicians, the surgeons, and the apothecaries. Physicians were seen as elite. They most often held a university degree. This…
Which Came First: Cats or Columbus? While we can’t imagine life without our furry companions today, there were no domesticated cats in the Americas before Columbus sailed the ocean blue. While there were wild cats such as panthers and mountain lions, none were domesticated and they would never be named…
At the beginning of the 1800s, the medical field was a male-dominated field where not all doctors were professionally trained. Many doctors in rural areas went through apprenticeships instead of attending medical school. One Virginia doctor advertised his fees for 1800 as follows: “Visiting patients, a quarter of a dollar…
Towards the end of the 19th century, more Americans began to keep cats for their company as well as their utility. The first cat show was held at Madison Square Garden in 1895. By the end of World War I, cats were commonly accepted as house pets in the U.S.…
The earliest probable dog remains found in North America are about 8700 to 14 000 years old. These dogs were medium-sized and likely used in hunting. Dogs of this time-period and region are not very common. 8700 to 9300 year-old remains were found in Wyoming, U.S.A., at the Horner site.…
Ancient Egyptian cemeteries are a good example of this phenomenon. All too often their original excavators were interested in only the most spectacular remains: monumental graves guaranteed to yield a rich harvest of museum-worthy objects. In the Neolithic period, contracted burials in a shallow oval pit within the boundaries of…
Dogs were the earliest animals domesticated in China (c. 12,000 BCE) along with pigs and were used in hunting and kept as companions. They were also used, very early on, as a food source and as sacrifices. These so-called ancient dog breeds are not only found in written works (though…