Two million years ago, the first aurochs emerged in India, eventually migrating across Asia, Europe, and North Africa. These were "super-beefy" beasts that stood nearly six feet (1.8 meters) tall at the shoulder and weighed over a ton.
For millennia, the aurochs was a central figure in human culture. They were the primary subjects of the famous 21,000-year-old Lascaux cave paintings and symbolised power and sexual potency in ancient Near East religions. aurochs
: Bulls were typically black with a pale "eel stripe" down their spine, while cows were reddish-brown. Two million years ago, the first aurochs emerged
Aurochs: back from extinction to rewild Europe - Mossy Earth Two million years ago