Thursday, 7 August 2025

Portrait of the Vig bull

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R ecently I did a little portrait of the Vig bull, one of the two famous Danish aurochs specimen (the other one being the Prejlerup bull). I...
Friday, 1 August 2025

Why dividing the mainland aurochs into subspecies might be outdated

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I t has long been established that the aurochs can be divided into several mainland subspecies: B. p. namadicus , the Ind...
Tuesday, 29 July 2025

My book now available as an ebook

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Due to the many request for an ebook, I now made a kindle ebook version of my book. The advantage is that it is way cheaper since there are ...
Friday, 18 July 2025

Auerrind individuals joined the Fahrendahl Heck/Taurus herd!

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E arlier this year, the Heck/Taurus herd at Fahrendahl ( https://www.auerochsen-fahrendahl.de/ ) was joined by three individuals from the Au...
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Sunday, 13 July 2025

The African aurochs was even more different than usually assumed

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I did a couple of posts on the fur colour of the African aurochs in the past, and all of them are more or less outdated....
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

A sneak peek into my book

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T oday I want to give you a little sneak peek into my book so that you can see what you can expect from my book " Breeding-back wild be...
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Thursday, 19 June 2025

My book is available on Amazon!

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T oday is a great day for me. My book Breeding-back wild beasts: aurochs, wild horse and quagga is published and availab...
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Saturday, 14 June 2025

Another archaic aurochs: the Wadi Sarrat skull

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A while ago, I posted a reconstruction I did of an archaic aurochs from India. This time, I did a little sculpture of an...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

My new project: life-sized aurochs head bust

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D uring the past few weeks, I have been busy with finalizing my book (which will be out soon) and also starting a new scu...
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Saturday, 12 April 2025

Was the European aurochs woolly and shaggy like Highland cattle?

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T hinking about the coat of the European aurochs, there is a notion from Conrad Gesner, who owned a piece of an aurochs s...
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Thursday, 27 February 2025

How to rescue Bos taurus taxonomically

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I once did a post on why I use Bos primigenius for the species of aurochs and cattle although it is predated by Bos taur...
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Thursday, 16 January 2025

The weird proto-aurochs from the Pleistocene of India

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I actually wanted to include this in my upcoming book – which will be published soon – but it turned out to be too specul...
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Thursday, 5 December 2024

Why the aurochs is the ideal de-extinction candidate

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C urrently, the main focus of de-extinction initiatives is on the woolly mammoth, the thylacine and the passenger pigeon. The aurochs is rar...
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Thursday, 7 November 2024

How to improve the bodily morphology of "breeding-back" cattle?

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I think that all of the current “breeding-back” projects and breeds are progressing very nicely. It is always exciting f...
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Wednesday, 23 October 2024

New photos of Dominator from this summer

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S orry for my long absence on this blog during the last couple of months. It has been because I am very busy with finishing the last illustr...
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Sunday, 28 July 2024

Auerrind project update

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Claus Kropp from the Auerrind project posted an update to the project today, with lots of beautiful photos of their very promising and beau...
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Saturday, 29 June 2024

Is Sayaguesa the ultimate "breeding-back" breed?

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S ayaguesa is used in all three major “breeding-back” projects (Taurus cattle, Tauros cattle and Auerrind cattle) and the...
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