I am constantly trying to reconstruct as many aurochs specimen as possible to get an impression of the variation in the European subspecies, B. p. primigenius. Recently I did another three artworks, as usual by reconstructing directly over photos of the actual skeletal material, to be as precise as possible.
The lost skull from Berlin
There is a very large aurochs skull on display at the Natural History Museum of Berlin. But the museum also had another skull which is now lost. It was part of a complete skeleton which was on display at the museum and may be now in the collection. Here you can see the photo of the skeleton which my reconstruction is based on.
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The horns resemble those of some Watussi and some Heck cattle of the Steinberg/Wörth lineage, at least from this angle.
The Sassenberg cow
The Sassenberg cow specimen was the subject of the previous post. Now I also did a reconstruction of the head in profile view.
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The Vig bull
I reconstructed the Vig bull already several times, here is my most recent reconstruction. Using a photo by Markus Bühler I did another one recently:
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Is this the skull your talking about?
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No, that's a different skull, but it looks a bit similar.
DeleteInteresting can the intensive physical training increse the quality of modern cattle? We can see that cattle breeds which are made for rodeo or fighting have the most athletic bodies. Can, for example, systematic and regular long distance running, controlled sparring between bulls and lifting or pushing different heavy objects make them more auroch-like?
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