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4000 BCE
Donkey
Domestication of donkeys Circa 6,000 years ago. Because the earliest donkeys were found in ancient Egypt, archaeologists concluded that they were domesticated from a resident Nubian wild donkey by villagers inhabiting the Egyptian Nile Valley. -https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200022367?q=donkey&p=doc
-https://www.jw.org/en/search/?q=donkey&link=%2Fresults%2FE%2Fall%3Fq%3D -
Period: 4000 BCE to
Domestication of Animals
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3600 BCE
Horse
Domesticated over 6,000 years ago, horses were domesticated on the grasslands of Ukraine, southwest Russia, and West Kazakhstan, a study shows. Domestic horses later spread across Europe and Asia, breeding with wild mares along the way. -https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/domestication-horse -
3500 BCE
Silkworm
The results present a scenario in which silkworms may have been initially domesticated in China, then subjected to independent spreads along the Silk Road and further improved for modern silk production in Japan and China. -https://phys.org/news/2018-07-genetic-silkworm-unravel-history-domestication.html -
3500 BCE
Camel
A camel's nickname is "Ship of the Desert". Camels are called ships of the desert because they carry very big loads from one side of the desert to the other. I would have added more information but it was scarce. -https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/camel -
3000 BCE
Honey Bee
When I heard that bees were domesticated it surprised me very much. In the beekeeping world, domestication is used as a way to justify the act of treating bees. ... By trying to domesticate these animals, we push them to the edge where they can't really survive at all anymore. Only a return to the bees' natural state will allow them to survive on their own, the way they were meant to. -https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honey-bees-domesticated-livestock/ -
3000 BCE
Yak
The wild yak is thought to be the direct ancestor of the domestic yak. The domestication process may have begun years ago by the ancient nomadic Qiang people. The establishment of a primary yak industry and culture started at least 4,500 years ago. -https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2218 -
2500 BCE
Duck
Mallard ducks have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia at least 4,000 years ago, during the Neolithic Age. They were also farmed by the Romans in Europe and the Malays in Asia. In ancient Egypt, ducks were captured in nets and then bred in captivity. -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_duck -
1500 BCE
Goose
The duck's domestication probably took place in Egypt about 3 000 years ago, but some other sources suggest that it may have been earlier. -https://www.fao.org/3/y4359e/y4359e03.htm
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1000 BCE
Reindeer
Reindeer domestication started in northern Europe, as early as 100 BCE in northern Siberia. -https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2020/06/reindeer-were-domesticated-much-earlier-than-previously-thought-new-study-suggests.html -
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Turkey
Farmyard turkeys were domesticated from a species called Wild Turkey, native to mainly parts of Mexico. European colonists going to America's Atlantic seaboard actually brought domestic turkeys along with them, completing the circle back to North America. -https://www.audubon.org/news/the-long-surprising-journey-domestic-wild-turkey -
Ostrich
Ostriches were domesticated only partly in South Africa in the 19th century. South African farmers were answering to an enormous demand for big, fluffy ostrich feathers used in fashions. -https://www.thoughtco.com/who-really-domesticated-ostriches-169368