Table 1.

Some archaeological sites from which claims for evidence of livestock domestication have been made

Area and country	Site	Predomestic/domestic species	Date calibrated	Refs.
Taurus, Southeastern Turkey*	Nevali Çori	Goat, sheep, pig	8,500–8,000 B.C.	4
	Cayönü	Pig, goat?, sheep?	8,500–8,000 B.C.	28
Euphrates valley (N. Syria)	Tell Halula	Goat, cattle?	8,000–7,800 B.C.	4
	Tell Abu Hureyra	Goat, sheep	8,000–7,800 B.C.	29
Central Anatolia, Turkey†	Asikli Höyük	Goat, sheep	8,000–7,800 B.C.	3
Cyprus	Shillourokambos	Goat, sheep, pig, cattle	8,500–8,000 B.C.	30
Damas basin, Syria†	Choraifé	Goat?, sheep	7,600–7,500 B.C.	21
	Aswad	Goat?, sheep	7,600–7,500 B.C.	21
South Levant, Israel	Jericho	Goat, sheep	7,500 B.C.	21
South Levant, West Jordan	Ain Ghazal	Goat, cattle?	7,600–7,500 B.C.	21
	Basta	Goat, sheep, cattle	7,500–7,000 B.C.	21
West Zagros, Iran*	Ganj Dareh	Goat	8,000–7,800 B.C.	5
	Tepe Guran	Goat, sheep	7,500–7,000 B.C.	31, 32
Baluchistan, Pakistan*	Mehrgarh	Goat, sheep, cattle	7,000 B.C.	6

All dates are calibrated and approximate. Some dates are not yet firmly established and are not derived from directly-dated fossil material. ?, Not definitively domestic. 

^*Probable local domestication. 

^† Possible local domestication.