Poll: Which type of animal has meant the most to humans?

[interrobang]

Another animal totally overlooked in this thread: yeast

Beer, wine, food, fuel, medical

 

[GregPSU]

Explain your reasoning.

Whitetail deer. Provides same food as bovine but with the added benefit of recreation. Hunting whitetails has boosted the economy tremendously

 

[fastlax16]

bees. Humanity never gets beyond hunter gatherer without them.

 

[katchthis]

Dogs. Without the canine, Neanderthal man would have ruled . He was actually smarter and bigger.

 

[Obliviax]

You better up your reading, or at least watch Animal Planet.

OK, will start with the Puppy Bowl in two weeks. That will be a great start. Perhaps I'll change my vote to canine after seeing those cute puppies.

 

[danvillenit]

Thanks for the clarification Testa.

In that case I would say equine. This animal helped in terms of labor, combat and transportation. All critical to human survival.

How can it not be equine. The only form of rapid transportation for at least 2000 years plus they provided food

 

[UncleLar]

Equine. Think weapons of war.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Beaver! 'Nuff said!

 

[Roar More]

As much as I love dogs, it seems civilization developed faster in areas where there were horses.

 

[Psychedelic_MackDaddy]

question for you: if we descended from apes, why did we lose our hair and develop worse eye sight? If the theory of evolution is correct, why would people lose hair causing them to need to wear cloths to stay warm? how did we evolve to needing less eyesight quality?

An even better question is why NAKED APES are mentally Ill?

And, yet, an even better question than above is HOW PRAY TELL did you graduate Penn State WITHOUT any critical thinking skills?

 

[Woodpecker]

Another animal totally overlooked in this thread: yeast

Beer, wine, food, fuel, medical

Not an animal ... or I'd be right with you on that.

 

[katchthis]

This Sunday morning, the most important animal to me is the pig. Bacon is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy.

 

[Nittany_93]

For the past 5-10,000 years, how long have horses been present on the continents of North America, South America, Africa or Australia? If I'm not mistaken, horses were not ridden in Europe until the mongol invasion introduced the stirrup to Europe. While horses have played a significant role, it's primarily been in the past 500-1000 years.

 

[Norm Petersin]

Has to be beaver. We would not be here without beaver

 

[Roar More]

For the past 5-10,000 years, how long have horses been present on the continents of North America, South America, Africa or Australia? If I'm not mistaken, horses were not ridden in Europe until the mongol invasion introduced the stirrup to Europe. While horses have played a significant role, it's primarily been in the past 500-1000 years.

Alexander the Great had Cavalry.

 

[interrobang]

Not an animal ... or I'd be right with you on that.

It's closer to animal than it is plant.

 

[interrobang]

Has to be beaver. We would not be here without beaver

Beaver has taken out as many men as it has brought them here.

 

[WDLion]

For the past 5-10,000 years, how long have horses been present on the continents of North America, South America, Africa or Australia? If I'm not mistaken, horses were not ridden in Europe until the mongol invasion introduced the stirrup to Europe. While horses have played a significant role, it's primarily been in the past 500-1000 years.

There were no horses, cattle or pigs in the Americas until the Europeans introduced them.

 

[83wuzme]

For the past 5-10,000 years, how long have horses been present on the continents of North America, South America, Africa or Australia? If I'm not mistaken, horses were not ridden in Europe until the mongol invasion introduced the stirrup to Europe. While horses have played a significant role, it's primarily been in the past 500-1000 years.

There were horses in North America when the first humans arrived. They became extinct along with a large number of other megafauna shortly after. The cause of this megafauna mass extinction remains a mystery.

 

[Roar More]

There were no horses, cattle or pigs in the Americas until the Europeans introduced them.

Bison are bovines, which is what the original post mentioned.

 

[WDLion]

Bison are bovines, which is what the original post mentioned.

Bison are bovines, which is what the original post mentioned.

I know that bison are bovines. The post i responded too was about horses in America. I added cattle and pigs.

 

[Langmuir]

We would not even be here if not for dogs.

 

[Aardvark86]

There were no horses, cattle or pigs in the Americas until the Europeans introduced them.

There also wasn’t a whole helluva lot going on here until then. And don’t get me started about Australia.