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Ancient Egyptians revered this animal as sacred, associating it with the goddess Bastet and mummifying thousands of them.
Difficulty: EasyThis genetic ability to digest milk into adulthood, rare in most mammals, evolved independently in European and African cattle-herding populations.
Difficulty: MediumThis archaeological methodology examines kill-off patterns (ages of slaughtered animals) to distinguish hunting from herding strategies in ancient societies.
Difficulty: HardThis animal provided milk, meat, and wool, and was among the first livestock domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 years ago.
Difficulty: EasyThis ancient site in southeastern Turkey, dating to 9,500 BCE, contains some of the earliest evidence of pig domestication.
Difficulty: MediumThis specific genetic variant in dogs, affecting starch digestion, provides evidence that dogs evolved alongside human agricultural societies.
Difficulty: HardSpanish conquistadors brought this animal to the Americas in the 1500s, forever changing Native American cultures and warfare.
Difficulty: EasyThis legendary Chinese empress supposedly discovered silk when a silkworm cocoon fell into her tea around 2700 BCE.
Difficulty: Medium