Why the aurochs disappeared from Scandinavia: DNA, hunting, and expanding forests

Aurochs were the wild ancestors of modern cattle. They once roamed Europe, Asia and northern Africa. Today they’re gone. The last one died in Poland in the 17th century, ending a decline of roughly 8,000 years. People drove most of this loss worldwide. Scandinavia tells a different story, because the animals vanished there much earlier. […]

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