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1 Reference: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/heading.htm
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3 Goats: (Capra hircus)
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5 [INLINE] The goat, along with sheep, were among the earliest
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6 domesticated animals. Goat remains have been found at
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7 archaeological sites in western Asia, such as Jericho, Choga, Mami,
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8 Djeitun and Cayonu, which allows domestication of the goats to be
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9 dated at between 6000 and 7000 B.C.
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11 [INLINE] However, unlike sheep, their ancestry is fairly clear. The
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12 major contributor of modern goats is the Bezoar goat which is
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13 distributed from the mountains of Asia Minor across the Middle East
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14 to Sind.
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15 Unlike sheep, goats easily revert to feral or wild condition given
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16 a chance. In fact, the only domestic species which will return to a
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17 wild state as rapidly as a goat is the domestic cat.
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