Cattle timeline

By FrazerGTV
  • Neolithic cultures in Taurus Mountains
    10,500 BCE

    Neolithic cultures in Taurus Mountains

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

    First cattle in Africa

  • Taurine cattle traded
    6400 BCE

    Taurine cattle traded

  • 6000 BCE

    Grain and cattle were used as money

  • 4000 BCE

    Milking cows

    First signs of milking cows
  • Predecessors- Aurochs
    1627 BCE

    Predecessors- Aurochs

    Pleistocene period to 1627
  • Columbus brought cattle to America
    Aug 25, 1493

    Columbus brought cattle to America

  • Adaptations
    Aug 26, 1500

    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

  • Sources

    http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/cattle.htm