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Tango0118 Oct 2016 9:20 p.m. PST

… unknown bison-cattle hybrid

"Ancient DNA research has revealed that Ice Age cave artists recorded a previously unknown hybrid species of bison and cattle in great detail on cave walls more than 15,000 years ago.

The mystery species, known affectionately by the researchers as the Higgs Bison* because of its elusive nature, originated over 120,000 years ago through the hybridisation of the extinct Aurochs (the ancestor of modern cattle) and the Ice Age Steppe Bison, which ranged across the cold grasslands from Europe to Mexico.

Research led by the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD) at the University of Adelaide, published today in Nature Communications, has revealed that the mystery hybrid species eventually became the ancestor of the modern European bison, or wisent, which survives in protected reserves such as the Białowieża forest between Poland and Belarus…"
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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP19 Oct 2016 5:49 p.m. PST

"Ancient alien theorists suggest…"

Tango0120 Oct 2016 10:48 a.m. PST

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