14 Apr 2012

Ancient herd

From This Way Up, 12:15 pm on 14 April 2012
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There are 1.5 billion cattle living on the planet today, all descended from a single herd of wild ox. Geneticist Professor Mark Thomas of University College London was on the team making the discovery.

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