The Breeding-back Blog

"Breeding-back" aims to restore or immitate extinct animals by selective breeding. This blog provides general information, the facts behind myths and news from various projects.

Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Thoughts for a Fighting cattle project

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I n a previous post, I presented an aurochs reconstruction I did recently. I wrote that it matches 100% what I imagine a Holocene European ...

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Saturday, 18 November 2017

Wild horses pt. IV: The Przewalski's horse - is it still a wild horse?

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T his title is surely a bit provocative – it is of course zoological consensus that the Asiatic Przewalski’s horse, Equus ferus przewalskii...

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Friday, 27 October 2017

New aurochs bull reconstruction

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A bout three weeks ago, I presented a recent drawing I did of Europe's megaherbivore fauna of the Holocene. I promised that I am going ...

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Wednesday, 25 October 2017

The Heck bull at Lembruch, Germany

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I have several posts in preparation at the moment, but for today, I have a short post. It is about a Heck bull I found recently on the web, ...

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Thursday, 19 October 2017

Wild horse series Pt.II: The Konik, Exmoor and Sorraia myths

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I n my 2017 wild horse summary I had a look at what the evidence suggests regarding the life appearance, extinction and population genetics...

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Daniel Foidl: My major interests always have been extinct animals, from dinosaurs to Pleistocene megafauna and more recent extinctions. Besides that I am interested in evolution, genetics and ecology. I am also an amateur animal artist, making drawings and models mostly of extinct animals.

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