Why the aurochs disappeared from Scandinavia: DNA, hunting, and expanding forests - Archaeology News Online Magazine
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Why the aurochs disappeared from Scandinavia: DNA, hunting, and expanding forests - Archaeology News Online Magazine

Source:Archaeologymag.com
Author:Dario Radley

Ancient DNA shows how inbreeding, hunting and habitat loss wiped out Scandinavia’s aurochs, the wild ancestors of modern cattle.