A Jacob sheep allows a horse to scratch its head on one of its horns Sunday in a field along Dibert Road in Bedford. Jacob sheep typically have four horns and are piebald or spotted. Mirror photo ...

Ancient sheep buried in an elite grave in Egypt show the oldest evidence of humans deliberately deforming the horns of livestock. Exactly why it was done remains a mystery. In the 5,700-year-old ...

Archaeologists uncovered the oldest known evidence of humans deliberately modifying the horns of domesticated animals. The ...

The species, Ovis Aries, most commonly has four horns. Jacob Sheep breeders around the world advocate for preservation of the genetic biodiversity of the livestock, contributing to global food ...

The species, called Ovis Aries, most commonly has four horns. Jacob Sheep breeders internationally advocate for preservation of the genetic biodiversity of livestock, contributing to the cause of ...

Marian and Farmer Bloom are Jacob sheep, which typically have four horns. The Milheims hope to show him at next year's Bloomsburg Fair. "I'm excited that everyone else is excited to see him and ...

Researchers note that this is one of the oldest and most striking examples of humans modifying livestock horns. A total of six skulls, belonging to large, castrated male sheep, were unearthed.