Hunter Gatherers Had Domesticated Pigs As Early As 4600BC
the quest for bacon
Researchers at Durham and Aberdeen universities have discovered that European hunter-gatherers obtained domesticated pigs from neighboring farmers as early as 4600 BC.
The researchers revealed that there was interplay between the hunter-gatherers and farming peoples and a "sharing" of animals and knowledge. The interplay between the two communities ultimately resulted in the hunter-gatherers adding farming and breeding of livestock into their society.
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If the domesticated pigs, they weren't hunter-gatherers.
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