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    The History of How Cows Were Domesticated

    • Archaeologists and biologists are agreed that there is strong evidence for two distinct domestication events from aurochs: B. taurus in the near east about 10,500 years ago, and B. indicus in the Indus vall… See more

    Three Auroch Domesticates

    Bos taurus The taurine (humpless cattle, B. taurus) was most likely domesticated somewhere in the Fertile Crescent about 10,500 years ago. The earliest substantive evidence fo… See more

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    Lactase Persistence

    One recent strain of evidence for the domestication of cattle comes from the study of lactase persistence, the ability to digest milk sugar lactose in adults (the opposite of … See more

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    And A Yak

    The domestication of yaks may well have made human colonization of the high Tibetan Plateau(also known as Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau) possible. Yaks are extremely … See more

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    Domestic Yaks

    The main difference between wild and domestic yaks is their size. Domestic yaks are smaller than their wild relatives: adults are generally no more than 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, with males … See more

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    Where do cattle come from?
    Modern cattle come from wild aurochs around 10,000 years ago. Today, cattle are fascinating, given their beauty, intelligence, curiosity, diversity, and high production levels. All these qualities endear cattle to humans (both farmers and consumers) in varying measures.
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    Three Auroch Domesticates
    Lactase Persistence
    And A Yak
    Domestic Yaks
    Where do cattle come from?
     
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