Aurochs Apr 2026
: Bulls were typically black with a pale "eel stripe" down their spine, while cows were reddish-brown.
Around 10,500 years ago, Neolithic humans in the Fertile Crescent began a process that would change history: the of the aurochs. aurochs
For millennia, the aurochs was a central figure in human culture. They were the primary subjects of the famous 21,000-year-old Lascaux cave paintings and symbolised power and sexual potency in ancient Near East religions. : Bulls were typically black with a pale