Today in Western Civilization, we continued to watch and record notes on the video about Jared Diamond. You can domesticate plants, as well as domesticate animals. Goats and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated in the world. The bigger animals can be used as beasts of burden, but sometimes they are native. The only muscle power in Papua New Guiana was from humans. 14 animals that have been domesticated: Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cows, Horses, Donkeys, Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, Water Buffalos, Llamas, Reindeer, Yaks, Mithans, Bali Cattle. None of these animals came from New Guiana, neither did Austria or Sub-Saharan Africa. South Africa's native animal was the Llama. Africa, South America, and Europe have the rest of the 13 animals. The big four animals: Pigs, Goats, Cows, and Sheep. You have to have a very productive system, so everyone is not wasting time figuring out what to eat. That is all we did in class today.
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