The horns of the Aurochs had a characteristic and relatively stable shape.
Cows were first domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago from the Aurochs(B. Taurus primigenius), a wild species
of cattle that once ranged across Eurasia.
Cows were first domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago and have evolved from the Aurochs- a wild species of cattle that once ranged across Eurasia.
This word is translated‘ unicorn' or‘ rhinoceros' in many versions,
but many modern translations prefer‘ wild ox'( Aurochs), which is the correct meaning of the Hebrew reʼemʹ.”.
The Aurochs( wild ox, or bull) seems to
have become extinct by the 17th century, but scientists have deduced that it was quite different from the unicorn of legend.
The impressive and dangerous Aurochs survived into the Iron Age in Anatolia
and the Near East and were worshipped throughout that area as sacred animals; the earliest survivals of a bull worship are at neolithic Çatalhöyük.