10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUROCHS»
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aurochs in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Retracing the
Aurochs: History, Morphology and Ecology of an ...
Ur - Auerochse - Bos primigenius - Aussterben - Wildrind - Morphologie - Ökologie.
Book One: Aurochs & Angels is the story of Maurice and Kimber, two lovers in the time of sexual revolution and freedom, the 1960s and 70s.
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Species Richness: Patterns in the Diversity of Life
The ®rst attempt to do this aimed to bring back the extinct wild ox of western
Eurasia, known as the aurochs (Bos taurus subsp. primigenius). This animal was
the ancestor of the domestic cow, sometimes viewed as a separate species from
the ...
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The Domestication and Exploitation of Plants and Animals
Possible factors influencing the size of the aurochs Sexual dimorphism and
intrinsic variation The remains have been found in Europe of two different forms
of B. primi- genius which differ from each other mainly in size. Riitimeyer7
considered ...
Peter John Ucko, G. W. Dimbleby, 2007
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The Serpent and the Eagle: An Introduction to the Elder ...
*Uruz->GO Urus (Aurochs) Uruz->ONUr (The Primal, The Aurochs) Uruz->
OHGUr (The Primal) + Ochs (Ox) ->OE Aurochs ->Mod. Eng. Aurochs, Also *Urus
was borrowed by the Greeks and Romans for their terminologies for this animal.
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Principles of Cattle Pro...
Within the Bovini tribe, the wild cattle, or aurochs, were most closely related to the
gaur and banteng cattle. They were large animals with big horns and powerful
forequarters compared with today's domesticated cattle, and they came to inhabit
...
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The Chora of Metaponto 2: Archaeozoology at Pantanello and ...
The possibility of local aurochs domestication may be hypothesized not only from
prehistoric finds, but also from Roman literature. Vergil (Georgica, III, 532)
mentions a circumstance in North Italy where, during the rule of Augustus, tamed
wild ...
Sándor Bökönyi, Erika Gál, László Bartosiewicz, 2012
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Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture
*tauros 'aurochs; bull' (in its first meaning = Bos primigenius}. [IEW 1083 (*teuro-s
); Wat 69 (*(auro-); GI 439 (*ihauro-y. Buck 3.2 1], Olr tard'bull', Wels rarw'bull',
Gaul tarvos 'bull' (Celtic < metathesized *tanjos), Lat taurus 'bull', Umb (ace. pi.) ...
J. P. Mallory, Douglas Q. Adams, 1997
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The World's Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian ...
Capture of the Wild Oxen and Wild Goats (292–317) 292 A woolly aurochs, a
handsome aurochs, an aurochs tossing (its) horns, 293 An aurochs with
weakened insides was reposing. 294 A horned aurochs of the hills, the pure
place, having ...
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European Bison: The Nature Monograph
Living in the Polish lands alongside the European bison was that second huge
ruminant, known as the aurochs: Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827. In his 1827
description, Bojanus drew a clear distinction between the bone structure of the ...
Małgorzata Krasińska, Zbigniew A. Krasiński, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUROCHS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
aurochs is used in the context of the following news items.
Ancient teeth reveal evidence of 400000 year-old manmade …
... flakes, hammer stones, hand-axes, and bones from 4,740 animals, such as deer, aurochs, horses, pigs, goats, tortoises and rhinoceroses. «Ancient Origins, Jun 15»
Retroactive Classic: The Sword
... with the right amount of thrashed-up power, and "Lament For The Aurochs" nearly reached eight minutes with its blissfully brilliant crescendo. «Artistdirect.com, Jun 15»
Chillingham wild cattle – rarer than Siberian tigers or giant pandas
They were once thought to be descended from aurochs, prehistoric wild ox, but scientists are now sceptical about this, pointing out that the ... «FarmersWeekly, Jun 15»
A piece of primeval England reborn in Sussex
Now it's true that aurochs went extinct 400 years ago; they were the wild cattle of Europe, Asia and North Africa, ancestors of all our domestic ... «Spectator.co.uk, May 15»
How to create an auroch
Aurochs are the wild ancestors of domestic cattle. Around 10,000 years ago, human populations in the Near East and South Asia began ... «Salon, May 15»
An Ice Age Heritage, Nearly Lost
... ibexes and extinct cattle called aurochs. While many of the etchings have been damaged over the thousands of years since their creation, ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
Hidden for 30 millennia, ancient cave art can be viewed by the …
Less familiar were the mammoths — a hairy relative of today's elephants — and the aurochs, large horned wild cows that are also extinct today. «Bend Bulletin, Apr 15»
'Domesticated' explores how humans have altered animals
ANCIENT BEASTS Aurochs, the ancestors of domestic cows, dominate this replica of a cave painting from Lascaux in southwestern France. «Science News, Apr 15»
Aurochs: How Hitler and Goering resurrected extinct species to …
Aurochs, or Bos primigenius, died out in 1627 in Poland. They were a large breed of cattle, standing up to 1.8m in height, and was ancestor to ... «International Business Times UK, Jan 15»
60000-Year-Old Hunter Gatherers Slew Giant Aurochs
60,000-year-old evidence of hunting has just emerged. After eight seasons of excavations alongside the River Jordan, archaeologists have ... «New Historian, Dec 14»
