goat
goats (capra hircus)were domesticated about 10000 years ago in southwestern asia,thus in the same period and in the same region as sheep.although the species are of a similar size,goats found their own use because of their adaptation to marginal conditions. goats most likely descend from the wild bezoar,capra aeggrus,(naderi et al.2007,2008). the information available on mtDNA haplogroups has been summarized by naderi et al. (2007).