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== Domestication origins timeline ==
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|+Domestication of Animals Timeline
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|'''dogs''' domestication dates uncertain, perhaps between 25,000 and 12,000 BC
|'''cattle, goats, pigs, sheep''' domesticated in the Fertile Cresent (Mideast)
|'''pigs''' domesticated in Southeast Asia approx. 6,000 BC
|'''chickens''' domesticated in East Asia approx. 2,000 BC
|'''turkey''' domesticated in North America approx. 200-500 AD
|'''camels''' used in trans-Saharan trade by 600'/700s AD
|spread of animals from Eurasia and Africa to the Americas, including '''horses, cattle, chickens, pigs, sheep''', etc.
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|'''cattle''' 
domesticated in South Asia (in modern Pakistan) approx. 8,000 BC
|'''horses''' first domesticated for milk approx. 4,000 BC; likely used for transportation approx. 3,500-3000 BC in central Asia
|'''donkey''' domesticated in East Africa approx. 3,000-4,000 BC (were used Egypt by 2600-2800 BC and in the Middle East by 1800 BC)
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|'''cats''' may have been domesticated in Egypt approx. 3,000 BC
|'''turkey''' domesticated in Mesoamerica approx. 1,000 BC
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|'''camels''' domesticated in Central Asia approx. 2500 BC (and in Middle East approx. 900 BC)
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