Donkeys were tamed 7,000 years ago

For thousands of years, donkeys have played an important role in the development of human civilization. They’ve pulled plows through fields, carried people in carriages, and hauled goods to remote places. But until now, scientists have not known much about how these powerful animals and humans first came together. A new study found that donkeys were first domesticated (when an animal lives with humans) about 7,000 years ago and spread rapidly into Europe and Asia. The research was compiled by scientists in 37 laboratories around the world. They analyzed the genomes (complete set of DNA, the chemical that carries instructions for how a living thing grows and develops) of 207 modern donkeys in 31 countries. They also studied DNA found in the skeletons of 31 donkeys that lived between 100…

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