Top 10 Domesticated Animals and Their Origins

Welcome to Top10Archive! Agriculture and the domestication of animals helped spur the human race from hunter gatherers to self sufficient land settlers. Looking through the history books, we sought to find the most beneficial animals humans have domesticated through time and the resources they provided. From the insect that generated a trade commodity to mans best friend, here are our top picks for animals domesticated by humans.

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10. Silkmoth
9. Cat
8. Camel
7. Goat
6. Sheep
5. Pig
4. Chicken
3. Horse
2. Cattle
1. Dog

References:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/silkworms.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/silkworm.aspx
http://www.britannica.com/animal/silkworm-moth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombyx_mori
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/cat.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/domestic-cat/
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/genome-comparison-shows-how-wildcats-became-housecats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140210-domesticated-camels-israel-bible-archaeology-science/
http://archaeology.about.com/od/cterms/g/camels.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel
http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/goat-history/2414/
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/goats.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145132/
http://archaeology.about.com/od/shthroughsiterms/qt/Sheep-History.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_domestic_sheep
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1461048/
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/pigs.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_pig
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/chicken.htm
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/ig/Animal-Domestication/Chickens–Chang-Mai–Thailand-.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2850041/The-domestic-chickens-bred-northern-China-10-000-years-ago.html
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Tracing-the-History-of-Horse-Evolution-and-Domestication-1900351
http://animals.about.com/od/hoofedmammals/a/domesticationof.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_horse
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/cattle.htm
http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/cows-evolutionary-dna-120330.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle
http://news.discovery.com/animals/pets/dna-dates-dog-domestication-back-33000-years-151215.htm
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/animal-domestication3.htm
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/domestic-dog/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_domestic_dog

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