Cattle timeline

  • 10,500 BCE

    Neolithic cultures in Taurus Mountains

     Neolithic cultures in Taurus Mountains
    Neolithic age is believed to be the time where cattle were domesticated.
  • 6500 BCE

    First cattle in Africa

  • 6400 BCE

    Taurine cattle traded

    Taurine cattle traded
  • 6000 BCE

    Grain and cattle were used as money

  • 4000 BCE

    Milking cows

    First signs of milking cows
  • 1627 BCE

    Predecessors- Aurochs

    Predecessors- Aurochs
    Pleistocene period to 1627
  • Aug 25, 1493

    Columbus brought cattle to America

    Columbus brought cattle to America
  • Aug 26, 1500

    Adaptations

    Adaptations
    Their adaptations are the ability to sweat, regulate body temperature, and digest foliage.
  • Period: to

    Started ranching and trading cattle ever since in the U.S.

  • Past and present uses

    Past and present uses
    Uses for cattle are food, work, medicines, entertainment, transportation, and manufacturing many byproducts.
  • Facts

    Cows drink about a bathtub full of water and eat around 40 pounds of food a day.
    Cows can produce up to 125 pounds of saliva in one day.
    Cows are devotional mothers and are known to walk for miles to find their calves
    Cattle are extremely curious and will investigate everything
    Cows show extreme excitement when let out into an open field after long periods indoors