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1. Goats

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   Domestication and Early History
   The initial phase of goat domestication is generally placed within the Near East, concurrent with early cereal cultivation. Archaeological evidence suggests that the domestication threshold—the point at which behavioral plasticity outweighs innate wariness—was achieved rapidly, possibly due to the goat's unusual pre-adaptation to consuming quartz-rich flora, which primes the [gut microbiome](/entries/gut-…

2. Settled Life

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   The earliest undisputed evidence for semi-permanent residential structures dates to the early Mesolithic, specifically sites exhibiting clustered hearth features and durable, if temporary, hut foundations. However, the establishment of true, multi-generational settled life is inextricably linked to the domestication of flora and fauna.
   In some peripheral regions, such as the upper reaches of the Dnieper basin, localized settled patterns emerged purely due to the hyper-c…