Analyses of ancient DNA from aurochs — large, wild cattle that co-existed with humans for millennia — reveals how early humans tamed these beasts and bred them with domesticated cattle for ...

The return of beavers, apex predators and ancient cattle is unwelcome news for some farmers – but there can be happy ...

"One of the biggest mysteries was about how domestic cattle came to be. From our big dataset, we can see in greater detail that the cattle we know today mostly came from a small starting stock of ...

The researchers zeroed in on this date using ancient DNA from a single male yak that lived alongside domestic cattle and yak–cattle hybrids in a settlement known as Bangga, a community in the ...

Rabat — Morocco's Government Council on Thursday approved a draft decree waiving import tariffs on domestic cattle and sheep. The draft decree no. 2.24.1050 amends decree no. 2.24.064 (January 25, ...

A new study involving geneticists from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has deciphered the prehistory of aurochs, the long-extinct animals which gave rise to domestic cattle. Although the animals ...

The government council approved and ratified, on Thursday, a draft decree suspending the import duty on cattle and domestic ...

The results of an international study describe the genetic development of the aurochs (Bos primigenius), the wild ancestor of domestic cattle, during and after the Ice Age. The central European ...