Over the years the people of the Middle East were becoming domesticated. They had animal domestication; they were able to breed them and control where they went or moved. People could use the animals for both clothes and food. But animals were first used for meat. In New Guinea, the only animals they had were pigs. The pigs were brought over from Asia only a few thousand years ago, even though those people have been there for tens of thousands of years. To domesticate, you need to find ‘social animals’. If you can control the leader of the group then you can gain control of the whole group.
They need to get along with humans. There are fourteen domesticated animals in the world. They are pigs, goats, sheep, cows, and horses, two types of camels, water buffalo, donkeys, llamas, reindeer, yaks, mithans, and Bali cattle. None were native to Australia or New Guinea. The Middle East is called the fertile crest do to all the animals.
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