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From the Late Bronze Age to today, the old Irish goat carries 3,000 years of Irish history
- February 26, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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New research has revealed that the old Irish goat shares a 3,000-year genetic link with goats living in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. The findings suggest that the rare indigenous breed represents a continuous Irish lineage stretching back millennia. The work appears in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Originally published at Phys.org