Anthropology.netFeb 26
Ancient DNA from a 3,000-year-old Irish hillfort connects Bronze Age goats to a breed still alive today. The Old Irish Goat carries genetic memory stretching back to the Late Bronze Age. #AncientDNA #Archaeozoology #OldIrishGoat https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-goat-that-remembered-ancient
The Goat That Remembered: Ancient DNA and Ireland's 3,000-Year Livestock Line

A single bone from a Bronze Age hillfort connects Ireland's oldest confirmed goat remains to a breed that still roams the country's margins today

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PhysicsNinjaApr 26, 2023

A wild Old Irish Goat seen in Wicklow National Park, south of Dublin. I had originally assumed this was a domestic goat, but some research led me to discover these are actually feral/wild goats that are native to the region and now only exist in remote mountainous regions.

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