Published December 31, 2020 | Version v1
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Note sur l'aurochs (Bos primigenius Boj.) de la Cave à l'Ours (Doubs, France), (Atlantique ancien)

  • 1. Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, 1 route de Malagnou, C.P. 6434, CH-1211 Genève 6. E-mail: louis.chaix@bluewin.ch
  • 2. Comité Départemental de Spéléologie de l'Ain, 4 allée des Brotteaux, F-01006 Bourg-en-Bresse. E-mail : comenvircds01@wanadoo.fr

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Note on the aurochs (Bos primigenius Boj.) from the Cave à l'Ours (Doubs, France), (Early Atlantic).- An aurochs skull was discovered in the "Cave à l'Ours" a cave of the French Jura located at 1200 m asl. This piece is dated to the end of the Early Atlantic) (Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic) (6668 ± 98 BP). This frontal can be attributed to a large bull, over 15 years old. The bases of horn cores show traces of extraction of horn sheaths.

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