Assertion: sheep | /r/HasProperty | domesticated
Facets:
value: thoroughly
type: DEGREE
value: early
type: DEGREE
value: from at least 5000 bce
type: TEMPORAL
value: from wild species of sheep
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Sheep were first domesticated from wild species of sheep at least 5000 bce, and their remains have been found at numerous sites of early human habitation in the Middle East, Europe, and Central Asia.
text: Sheep are domesticated animals which have been bred by man.
text: Sheep were domesticated and brought to other areas of the world and are very common in Australia and the Americas.
text: They were domesticated between 11000 and 9000 BC for the use of their woollen fleece, meat and milk.
text: Perhaps because sheep were domesticated early, their slaughter became ritualized in religious ceremonies.
text: Sheep, goats cattle, and pigs were domesticated early in the history of agriculture.
text: Sheep were domesticated first, soon followed by goats; both species were suitable for nomadic peoples.
text: Both goats and sheep were domesticated about 10,000 years ago.
text: Although sheep were domesticated some 9,000 to 11,000 years ago, archaeological evidence from statuary found at sites in Iran suggests selection for woolly sheep may have begun around 6000 BC, with the earliest woven wool garments having only been dated to two to three thousand years later.
text: Sheep were one of the earliest animals to be domesticated, and they have been thoroughly domesticated.
text: This evidence suggests to Dodson and colleagues that the sheep were domesticated.