More details on the domestication of Ovis Aries can be found here:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/04/how-sheep-became-livestock

https://www.thoughtco.com/when-sheep-were-first-domesticated-172635

https://www.iwto.org/history-sheep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_domestic_sheep

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