Which farm animal was the first to be domesticated by humans?

Dog.

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  2. Sheep
  3. Horse

Why: Dogs were tamed more than 17,500 years ago, before sheep, goats, cattle, or pigs were domesticated.

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Answer: Dog. Dogs were tamed more than 17,500 years ago, before sheep, goats, cattle, or pigs were domesticated.

  1. Animal husbandry en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_husbandry
    Human domestication of vertebrates first started with taming of dogs more than 17,500 years ago
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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