sometimes bite marks on bones (from dogs?), sometimes incisions from disassembling of the animals' meat, sometimes burn marks on the bones; the incisions on the bones indicate a more intensive skinning of the animals in the Final Neolithic than in later periods, and the animals were disassembled into bigger parts; the parts were probably cooked above pits or an open fire.

to preserve the animal population, the exchange of breeder animals between households or even villages was necessary;

sheep/goats were more suitable for the Neolithic ecosystem; when the woods in the vicinity of Knossos were decimated, cattle husbandry was possible in a bigger amount; in the late Final Neolithic, the cattle husbandry decreased again because of the need to adapt to the ecological circumstances.

cows over the age of 5 were held for milk, for breeding or as draft animals
