Mar 2, 2019
How we discovered that Europeans used cattle 8,000 years ago |
Our research shows that early farmers moving into and across Europe had a far more advanced system of resource management than we knew. Not only were the earliest European farming societies already making use of livestock for dairy products, they were able to train their cattle as labour engines to haul goods, building materials, etc. The ability to use cattle as engines of labour would have greatly increased human capabilities for the transport of heavy objects. The advance bears profound implications for how we understand the organisation of labour in these ancient societies.
(via How we discovered that Europeans used cattle 8,000 years ago | Aeon Ideas)
