The size of aurochs skeletons from Europe and Asia in the period from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages

Abstract

Statistical analysis was carried out of 1838 dimensions of 25 osteometric characteristic of the aurochs Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827 skeleton in order to determine the secular trend and geographic gradient. The results showed a slight tendency for an increase in the dimensions of the forelimbs with passage of time.