Ancient DNA brings to life history of the iconic aurochs, whose tale is intertwined with climate change and human culture
Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin, together with an international team of researchers, have deciphered the prehistory of aurochs — the animals that were the focus of some of the most iconic early human art — by analysing 38 genomes harvested from bones dating across 50 millennia and stretching from Siberia to Britain. The aurochs roamed … Read more
