Wednesday, 19 June 2019

The Lippeaue herd's new web presence

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T he Lippeaue Taurus cattle population, which represents the top-level of quality for Taurus cattle breeding or perhaps aurochs-like cattle ...
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Sunday, 16 June 2019

A classification for Heck cattle

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W hat kind of cattle breed is Heck cattle? Of course it is a “breeding-back” result. But how would we classify this breed if the concept of...
Wednesday, 5 June 2019

The Heck bull Aretto vs. aurochs

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T aking aurochs reconstructions and using them as a direct comparison for living cattle is very helpful for judging their aurochs-likeness....
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Thursday, 30 May 2019

Aurochs model: finally finished!

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(Disclaimer: The photos below and the aurochs bull model are my property and I acclaim copyright. If you use them without permission as it ...
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Tuesday, 21 May 2019

A little delay

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T here will be a little delay with the aurochs model because I have to do some changes on it. It was indeed a bit too gracile on the head an...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2019

The London aurochs skull

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M y aurochs bull model is finally finished, but before I have the opportunity to take good photos of it, I want to cover an interesting aur...
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Thursday, 25 April 2019

Aurochs model: Horns & finish

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T he shape of my aurochs model made from air-drying clay is finally finished and ready to be painted. I added the curly hair (the mane and f...
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Sunday, 14 April 2019

Auerrind herd at Groß-Rohrheim

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T wo days ago, a couple of new recent photos of the Auerrind herd at Groß-Rohrheim, Germany, were published on the Auerrind Project's b...
Saturday, 6 April 2019

Horn shape evolution in Oostvaardersplassen

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I already covered my suspicion that Heck cattle are morphologically changing in the Oostvaardersplassen reserve due to natural selection in...
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Aurochs model update

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A bout one month passed since my latest aurochs model updat e, so it is time for another one (please do not use the photos without permissio...
Monday, 25 March 2019

First Chianina x Watussi is born

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T oday, the Auerrind project announced that the first Chianina x Watussi calf was born this week. It's a cow calf. I am very happy to...
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Thursday, 21 March 2019

Aurochs model: Work in progress

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H ere are a few work in progress photos of my new aurochs bull model from air-drying modelling clay that I started in December 2018: ...
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Video of very aurochs-like Lidia bulls

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I recently found this video of a couple of Lidia bulls that I find to have a rather impressive morphology on youtube:  The body shape of...
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Monday, 4 February 2019

New aurochs model upcoming

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In 2015, I did models of an aurochs bull and cow in scale 1:10 made from polymer clay. You can see them on this post, they are displayed at...
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Sunday, 20 January 2019

The last aurochs hybridized with cattle in the wild

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D omestic animals and their wild counterparts are usually able to interbreed freely and produce fertile hybrids. Thus, it is always likely ...
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