New research helps us understand how cattle spread across the world. “Cattle are one of the most important animals in human ...

An extinct species of cattle—the aurochs—that died out some 400 years ago, would be the perfect animal to "de-extinct," says ...

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They lived at the same time as mammoths, bison and humans. Fossil evidence from places such as Formby in the UK shows “9,000-year-old footprints of humans walking along these tidal flats among the ...

Images of the prehistoric aurochs can be found in caves in Spain A prehistoric animal which roamed the English countryside 4,000 years ago is to be celebrated with a new piece of artwork.

The aurochs had, however, worse luck than its distant cousin as it is now extinct. Originally widespread around Europe, Asia and North Africa, things changed by the 13th century. In Poland, hunting ...

Fossil bones of mysterious Bison-X, or a hybrid between aurochs and steppe bison ... Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, said on Wednesday. "We have been working on ...

Some drawings at Lascaux are 2.5 to 3.5 meters (8.2 to 11.4 feet) from the floor of the cave near the chambers’ ceilings. To archaeologists, they present a conundrum: How did the artists reach such ...

The 70cm (27in) aurochs horn was spotted by Martin and Richard Morgan on Monday, in the middle of the estuary Two fishermen discovered a 3,500-year-old horn from an extinct cattle breed in the ...

Handaxes are thought to have been used primarily for butchering animals. Neanderthals were staying at Creswell Crags for the short summer seasons to hunt aurochs and woolly rhinoceros. This ...