A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae.
Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species.
Related creatures outside the genus include the peccary, the babirusa, and the warthog.
Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets.[1] Pigs are highly social and intelligent animals.
With around 1 billion individuals alive at any time, the domestic pig is among the most populous large mammals in the world.
Pigs are omnivores and can consume a wide range of food.
Biologically, pigs are very similar to humans, thus are frequently used for human medical research.
Pigs have been domesticated since ancient times in the Old World.
Archaeological evidence suggests that pigs were being managed in the wild in a way similar to the way they are managed by some modern New Guineans from wild boar as early as 13,000–12,700 BP in the Near East in the
Tigris Basin,Çayönü, Cafer Höyük, Nevalı Çori.[27]Remains of pigs have been dated to earlier than 11,400 BP in Cyprus that must have been introduced from the mainland which suggests domestication in the adjacent mainland by then.
A separate domestication also occurred in China.
