What Killed Europe’s Ancient Wild Cattle? Scientists Find a Disturbing Answer #Science #Biology #aurochs #wildcattle #scandinavia #geneticdiversity #conservation

https://purescience.news/read?id=234645579601281024

Two aurochs from Scania carry the most uniform DNA of any aurochs sampled. A Holocene study argues hunting, isolation and closing forest together ended Scandinavia’s wild cattle. #aurochs #archaeology #paleogenetics www.anthropology.net/p/scandinavi...

2-Oct-2026
Study sheds new light on why #aurochs disappeared in #Scandinavia

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1146305

see also my aurochs feature in the open archives: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2024/12/aurochs-dead-and-alive.html

#science #ecology #extinction #cattle […]

"Why are there no wild cows?"

Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

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#extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish

Our paper on the immigration history and #extinction dynamics of #aurochs in Scandinavia has been published!
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