Farmers in the Near East — what is today Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, and neighboring countries — began cultivating plants and herding animals about 8000 B.C.E., but there are no signs that they used animal dung for anything other than as fuel for fires. (sciencemag.org)
So, for each person who might die from global warming, about 210 people die from health problems that result from a lack of clean water and sanitation, from breathing smoke generated by burning dirty fuels (such as dried animal dung) indoors, and from breathing polluted air outdoors. (slate.com)
Many animal behaviorists believe that the modern dog's predisposition to rolling in animal dung dates back to the habits of its wild ancestors. (happytailsspa-blog.com)