Cattle in The Earliest European Cities Weren't Bred as Food

The earliest cities in Europe were built on the foundations of a mostly vegetarian diet, according to new research. The findings suggest that even with the dawn of agriculture and large, planned settlements, meat was but a delicacy.

The gigantic circular cities of the Trypillia culture emerged around 6,000 years ago in what is now Ukraine and Moldova.
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Between 4200 and 3650 BCE, animals domesticated by Trypillia societies were prized largely for their poop, not their flesh, according to Schlütz and his team.

An analysis of nitrogen isotopes in teeth, bones, and soil from the remains of Tryphillia societies suggests that early farmers in Europe were mostly consuming peas, lentils, and cereal grains, like barley.

https://www.sciencealert.com/cattle-in-the-earliest-european-cities-werent-bred-as-food

Very Hindu of them, I must say. Meat was probably not in short supply, settlements were small and hunting likely good. In addition, they'd likely started pinching some of the milk from cows for children, since breastfeeding was cut short to increase a woman's fertility. Agriculture demanded large families, especially sons to share the heavy lifting.