Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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The Aurochs Permeates Everywhere. Aurochs fossils in Europe date back 650,00 years ago. Thus, they then adorned the art on many a cave wall. They were the creature declared by Caesar to be like an elephant-- An exaggeration but demonstrating that this was a dangerous beast. Only a few were captured and tamed To become the forerunners of our modern cattle. As a result of early captive herds mating with wild aurochs bulls, Four separate preglacial aurochs' ancestries Are included in today's domestic cattle. Aurochs of southwestern Asia were domesticated In the Fertile Crescent north, 10,000 years ago, to 'create' the first cattle-- There appears that three distinct aurochs populations occurred in Europe. This yielded great diversity in the wild forms of this animal. Just be aware when snarfing your McDonalds hamburger, That you are masticating the genetic remnants of an ancient noble beast. Frank Maurer 23 November 2024 1720 Hours.