Lizzie Wright is a European Fellow at the University of York.Catarina Ginja is the leader of the archaeogenetics research group at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO/InBIO and an invited collaborator at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto.

This book presents several less well known but interesting examples of the diverse roles of cattle in human society that go beyond their agricultural performance. An aim for the future is a further progress in the analysis of ancient bovine genomes. This may reveal migrations, the origin and spread of adaptive alleles and tell us how the ancient management of cattle created their present diversity. Overall, this is an interesting book that opens a new perspective of the role of cattle in human society.

Lizzie Wright is a European Fellow at the University of York.Catarina Ginja is the leader of the archaeogenetics research group at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO/InBIO and an invited collaborator at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto.

This book presents several less well known but interesting examples of the diverse roles of cattle in human society that go beyond their agricultural performance. An aim for the future is a further progress in the analysis of ancient bovine genomes. This may reveal migrations, the origin and spread of adaptive alleles and tell us how the ancient management of cattle created their present diversity. Overall, this is an interesting book that opens a new perspective of the role of cattle in human society.

Lizzie Wright is a European Fellow at the University of York.Catarina Ginja is the leader of the archaeogenetics research group at BIOPOLIS/CIBIO/InBIO and an invited collaborator at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto.

This book presents several less well known but interesting examples of the diverse roles of cattle in human society that go beyond their agricultural performance. An aim for the future is a further progress in the analysis of ancient bovine genomes. This may reveal migrations, the origin and spread of adaptive alleles and tell us how the ancient management of cattle created their present diversity. Overall, this is an interesting book that opens a new perspective of the role of cattle in human society.