Eleven thousand years ago, a single act of domestication changed the world forever. In this episode, we tell the sweeping story of the sheep — from its origins as the wild mouflon in the highlands of ancient Iran, through its central role in building economies, feeding civilizations, and clothing humanity across every era of history, to its surprising place at the cutting edge of twenty-first century farming technology. Far more intelligent, culturally significant, and economically powerful than their humble reputation suggests, sheep are, without question, one of the animals that built human civilization.
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