alt Hacker NewsI have wondered if animal husbandry played a larger role than agriculture, alone. The horse, as we know it, altered all of civilization.
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tsoukase • yesterday at 5:13 PM
Fire, pets, electronic chips, all advanced human civilisation step by step in different stages. It's hard to estimate the relative importance of each.
Speaking so generally, the ancient Greeks noted that all these are means for achieving higher goals. How many people think about that today? Quantity is not followed by quality.
Monotoko • yesterday at 1:49 PM
It was the cat, those little fluffy bastards walked into a human camp about 10,000 years ago and kicked everything off. That's why the Ancient Egyptians revered cats as Gods /s
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The dog probably as well - and both horses and dogs are similar to people in that they are great at traversing long distances.
Horses also have semi similar more specialized analogues - you could argue Camels filled a similar niche for very dry areas. And other animals like Goats/Llamas/Alpacas for mountainous areas.