Black rock lave net fishermen Martin & Rich were out on the Severn estuary during storm Ashley and spotted this in the blue clay deposits. Just the tip of the bone was visible but on closer inspection it turned out to be a vertebrae from the shoulder region of the beast. Aurochs..........well the clay deposits are contempory being layed down 4 -5000 years ago ( Aurochs were extinct in Britain 3,000 years ago ) andwe have found vertebrae in the same area which have been confirmed to be Aurochs. w

2.5K views · 90 reactions | The domestic cows we're familiar with today are descendants of an enormous, now extinct species. Museum scientist Roula Pappa explains the story of the aurochs. #OurBrokenPlanet | Natural History Museum, London | Facebook

Conheça o ancestral do boi doméstico: o selvagem Auroque! 🐂 Com origem nas pastagens da Ásia, esses gigantes com chifres enormes eram impressionantes. Seu surgimento há cerca de 320 mil anos marcou o início da história da pecuária. Fascinante, não é mesmo? #Auroque #AncestralBovino #HistóriaPecuária | Giro do Boi

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