Humans may have started tending animals almost 13,000 years ago
Evidence of charred dung may push the onset of animal husbandry back about 2,000 years
![black and white illustration of buildings at the ancient settlement Abu Hureyra](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/091322_RK_animal-husbandry_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Early humans at Abu Hureyra (illustrated), an ancient settlement in present-day Syria, burned dung as fuel and may have kept animals on-site nearly 13,000 years ago.
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