The hardy browser of the world's marginal lands, domesticated from the bezoar ibex of the Zagros mountains at the same deep date as sheep. Goats convert scrub and steep ground no other livestock can use into milk, meat and hair, which has made them both the smallholder's most reliable animal and, mismanaged, an agent of overgrazing. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionZagros mountains, Iran and eastern Anatolia 2 Domesticated When (Circa)circa 8500 BC from the bezoar ibex 2 Primary UsesMilk, meat, hair and fiber (mohair, cashmere), brush clearing 2 Era
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This milestone records the domestication event of the goat it is directly named for.
Peste des petits ruminants ('goat plague') is a highly contagious, often fatal viral disease of goats.
Transhumance, Practices A classic transhumant animal in Alpine, Mediterranean and Central Asian herding
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It was one of the first animals to be domesticated, in Iran around 10,000 years ago.
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The earliest remnants of domesticated goats dating 10,000 years Before Present are found in Ganj Dareh in Iran.
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