Assertion: guinea pig | /r/HasProperty | domesticated as a food source
Facets:
value: with first appearances
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It's in Peru that archaeologists report guinea pigs were first domesticated as a food source as early as 5,000 BC, prized for their high protein levels and - although the fat content is relatively low - as a source of fat.
text: Sometime during the Pre-ceramic period (prior 2000 BC) of Peruvian pre-history the guinea pig was domesticated as a food source, with first appearances possibly as early as 5000 BC in the Altiplano of southern Peru and Bolivia