The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds / [James Wilson].

  • Wilson, James, 1861-1941.
Date:
1909
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Credit: The evolution of British cattle and the fashioning of breeds / [James Wilson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The first to trace the white park cattle and white domestic cattle back to their source was Pro¬ fessor McKenny Hughes, of Cambridge.1 In the course of excavations “ over areas long occupied by the Romans ” he found a change coming over the remains of the cattle deposited there. He found evidence of a new breed mingling with the old. “ The new breed is larger, the horn- ROMANO-BRITISH SKULL, WITH UPTURNING HORN-CORES, FROM REACH FEN, CAMBRIDGE. [From Me Kenny Hughes. cores are stouter in proportion to their length, and, starting from the side of the head, have a tendency outward and upward, instead of having the strong forward curve of Bos longifrons. All intermediate sizes and shapes are found, from the small native to the new improved breed. . . . The specimen I have figured ”—the skull figured here—“ was found in the peat near Reach Lode, 1 See work already quoted.