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He showed me the scapula of an aurochs, an extinct forebear of domestic cattle, weighing more than two thousand pounds.
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From the unique Louisiana locations to the effects used to create the Aurochs, Zeitlin is the main reason this film comes alive.
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The workers needed a stable food supply, and the area was rich in wild species like aurochs and einkorn, one of the ancestors of domesticated wheat.
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It includes the Salle des Taureaux, or Hall of the Bulls, famous for its frescoes of crimson aurochs and dappled horses, as well as a gallery lined with reindeer.
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In the Netherlands, for example, cattle are being used to re-create a simulacrum of a Pleistocene woodland, because their aurochs ancestors would have been vital in keeping forest patchy.
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Following excavations in the early 20th century, European archaeologists claimed key features such as the remains of the famous Ishtar Gate -- the glazed brick gate decorated with images of dragons and aurochs, built in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II as the eighth gate to the inner city.
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