All we know for certain is that cattle came from aurochs, their larger, fiercer, extinct wild ancestor. In a new study of ancient aurochs genomes published in Nature, Sinding and other researchers ...

Using genomic data from ancient and modern samples, this important study investigates the genomic history of cattle in Iberia, focusing on the admixture between domestic cattle and their wild ...

The last wild aurochs (a female one) died of natural causes in 1627 in Jaktorów Forest. The very last specimen, a farmed one, died in 1755 in Prussia. Today the Last Aurochs Monument in the village of ...

Early humans discovered that using aurochs’ meat, milk, hides and bones greatly benefited their survival. This led to the deliberate breeding of these wild animals for desirable traits such as being ...

Using genomic data from ancient and modern samples, this important study investigates the genomic history of cattle in Iberia, focusing on the admixture between domestic cattle and their wild ...

physically and behaviourally more like the original wild cattle, the aurochs”. “They are bigger,” said Micklewright, “than most cattle and they also lead a more natural life than most ...