Those Texas longhorns sailed over with Columbus
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 20:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Tia GhoseLiveScienceThe first cows brought to the Americas by explorer Christopher Columbus originated from two extinct wild beasts from India and Europe, a new genetic analysis shows.Because the breeds analyzed, including the longhorn, have been closely connected to humans, the results could shed light on human migration over the past 10,000 years, said study co-author Emily Jane McTavish, an ...