Aurochs - Wikipedia
The aurochs (Bos primigenius) (/ ˈɔːrɒks / or / ˈaʊrɒks /, plural aurochs or aurochsen) is an extinct species of bovine, considered to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cattle.
Aurochs | Wild, Wild Ox, Bovine | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
2025年1月17日 · Aurochs, (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox of Europe, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), from which cattle are probably descended. The aurochs survived in central Poland until 1627. The aurochs was black, stood 1.8 metres (6 feet) high at the shoulder, and had spreading, forward-curving horns.
The genomic natural history of the aurochs - Nature
2024年10月30日 · Now extinct, the aurochs (Bos primigenius) was a keystone species in prehistoric Eurasian and North African ecosystems, and the progenitor of cattle (Bos taurus), domesticates that have...
Aurochs: back from extinction to rewild Europe
The auroch (Bos primigenius), pronounced aw-rok (UK) or au-raak (US), played a leading role in our history. Etched into our past: from depictions in Pleistocene cave paintings in France to representing Zeus the Greek god in the story of Europe’s beginnings.
Aurochs (Bos primigenius) – extinct wild bull - DinoAnimals.com
Bos primigenius namadicus – this was the first subspecies of aurochs that appeared on earth 2 million years ago in India. Nine thousand years ago they were domesticated as zebu (Bos indicus). Bos primigenius primigenius – inhabited the …
Ancient cattle genomics, origins, and rapid turnover in the Fertile ...
2019年7月12日 · The extinct Eurasian aurochs (Bos primigenius) was domesticated circa 10,500 years before present (yr B.P.) within the restricted locality of the Upper Euphrates and Tigris drainages of the Fertile Crescent (1, 2). However, the true extent and nature of interactions between humans and aurochs resulting in modern day domestic cattle are obscure.
Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius ...
2015年10月26日 · Central to this process was the domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs (Bos primigenius), which ranged throughout much of Eurasia and Northern Africa during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene, giving rise to the two major domestic extant cattle taxa— B. taurus and B. indicus [2, 3].
Indian aurochs - Wikipedia
The Indian aurochs [b] (Bos primigenius namadicus; Sindhi: انڊين جهنگلي ڏاند) is an extinct subspecies of aurochs that inhabited West Asia and the Indian subcontinent from the Late Pleistocene until its eventual extinction during the South Asian Stone Age. [1]
Genetic origin, admixture and population history of aurochs (Bos ...
2016年9月28日 · The domestication of taurine cattle initiated ~10 000 years ago in the Near East from a wild aurochs (Bos primigenius) population followed by their dispersal through migration of agriculturalists...
The Aurochs - The Extinctions
2021年3月13日 · The aurochs, Bos primigenius, was the wild ancestor of domestic cattle that became extinct as recently as 1627. Habitat limitation and hunting sealed the fate of this wild bovine as human civilization expanded. Its extinction was the first disappearance of an animal to become documented by humans.