BAA-D TO THE BONE: SHEEP IN THE FOSSIL RECORD

The story of sheep begins long before shepherds, wool sweaters, and stone fences. It starts in the rugged mountains and open grasslands of Eurasia, where their wild ancestors evolved into some of the most sure-footed herbivores on the planet.Modern sheep belong to the genus Ovis, part of the Bovidae family—a wonderfully successful group that includes goats, musk oxen, antelope, cattle, bison