Bos primigenius (English spelling)

Japanese: Bos primigenius(英語表記)Bosprimigenius
Bos primigenius (English spelling)

...The cave paintings of Altamira, which are paintings of people from the Late Paleolithic period, show bison being hunted. The cave paintings of Lascaux, also from the Late Paleolithic period, show the hunting of Bos primigenius , a proto-cattle species thought to be the wild ancestor of the first domesticated northern cattle. It is said that the last wild cattle in this region were hunted during the reign of Ramses III of ancient Egypt, when cattle breeding was already practiced.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…後期旧石器時代人の壁画であるアルタミラの洞穴壁画からは,バイソンが狩られていたことが知られる。同じく後期旧石器時代のラスコーの壁画では,最初に家畜化された北方系牛の祖先野生種と見られる原牛Bos primigeniusが狩猟対象となっている。すでに牛飼養が行われていた古代エジプトのラメセス3世時代に,この地域最後の野生牛が狩られたという。…

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