- Sheep were originally domesticated for food, not meat. It took several thousand years for their wool of domestic sheep to get long enough to be useful for spinning. [^sheep] [^sheep]: [[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony#ch04p59-60 Wool]] - Horses were hunted, then herded, and they were probably domesticated as an alternative to sheep and cows (which were domesticated long before horses) because they can get their own food in snowy cold winters but were otherwise pretty similar animals. [^horses] [^horses]: [[The Horse The Wheel And Language by David Anthony#ch10p200 Why Were Horses Domesticated]]