@VincetOmniaDeo @ScottAdamsSays We have auroch dna, which demonstrates both 1 and 3. https://t.co/u8YCh2Jp5P Ability to interbreed is not a hard disqualifier for speciation. It's likely that an auroch, if alive today, could breed with cows. Loss of abil
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Either the British EEFs or the Bell Beaker IEs mixed domestic cattle with aurochs at some point between 4000 and 1200 BC: https://t.co/lVlokNYvjU https://t.co/OIPhc5MRtE
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Turns out there aren't a ton of papers that focus on Scottish Highland cattle genetics. But it turns out that in this paper (Park et al. 2015), Highland cattle are shown to have experienced the highest level of admixture with Ancient Aurochs. https://t.co
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@cmdarwent @DayannaKnight This aurochs genome comes from an archaeological specimen stored in a museum. Or do you just want taxidermied examples? https://t.co/a0UPBgR9LO