Skull of ancient beast washes up on UK beach in ‘exciting’ discovery

In fact, scientists have been trying to bring the extinct species back to Earth for over a decade. The Tauros Programme in the Netherlands, for instance, has been scrambling to back-breed aurochs since 2008.

Meanwhile, the Auerrind Project has been going since 2013 and currently has five breeding herds in Germany. Claus Kropp, a trained archeologist and leader at the Auerrind Project, said: “We’re really on the right track. If we continue a careful selection for the next 10 years, we could potentially have a stable population by then.

“We know the DNA of this animal and we can compare that with the modern-day cattle DNA, which can yield some pretty surprising results.”

For instance, the Holstein, more commonly known as the dairy cow, shares about 95 percent of its DNA with an auroch. And with older breeds, that percentage is even higher. 

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1697452/uk-northumberland-blyth-beach-aurochs