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Genetic evidence for Near-Eastern origins of European cattle.
Nature - 26 Apr 2001
Troy C S, MacHugh D E, Bailey J F, Magee D A, Loftus R T, Cunningham P, Chamberlain A T, Sykes B C, Bradley D G
Abstract excerpt
The limited ranges of the wild progenitors of many of the primary European domestic species point to their origins further east in Anatolia or the fertile crescent. The wild ox (Bos primigenius), however, ranged widely and it is unknown whether it was domesticated within Europe as one feature of...
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