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The Evolutionary Odyssey of the Aurochs: An Ancient DNA Analysis

How Ancient DNA Illuminates the Evolution and Domestication of a Prehistoric Icon

Nov 02, 2024
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Through extensive DNA analysis, scientists from Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with an international research team, have unlocked the complex genetic history of the aurochs—a prehistoric species that has been central to human culture, depicted in ancient art and later domesticated into what we know today as modern cattle. The study, analyzing …

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