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i woulda thought that the invention of shears was much much closer domestication of sheep @_@

how did people shear sheep before the invention of … shears?

@meena @pawsplay hmm, you’ve got me going down a rabbit hole now 🧐 Wikipedia says woolly sheep began to be developed ~6000BCE but also that ancient breeds of sheep could have their wool collected either naturally (it just shed) or by hand through a process called “rooing” (still done with some breeds today)!