DNA find reveals new insights into the history of cattle in Europe
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 - 08:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A research team from the University of Basel made a surprising find in a Neolithic settlement at the boarders of Lake Biel in Switzerland: The DNA of a cattle bone shows genetic traces of the European aurochs and thus adds a further facet to the history of cattle domestication. The journal Scientific Reports has published the results.