A Cow's Life: the Surprising History of Cattle and How the Black Angus Came to Be Home on the Range.(Books: a selection of new and notable books of scientific interest)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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A COW'S LIFE: The Surprising History of Cattle and How the Black Angus Came to Be Home on the Range

M.R. MONTGOMERY

The cow is a relatively new creature. It didn't even exist just 10,000 years ago. It descended from fierce aurochs weighing some 6,000 to 8,000 pounds and standing nearly 7 feet tall. While there are no known intermediaries between the massive auroch and the modern cow, some paleobiologists speculate that either ancient people domesticated a few...

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