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PROF. J. C. EWAKT ON 



says : " It is clear the domestic animals were not domesticated in 

 Europe, bvit that they had already been under the care of Man 

 probably for long ages in some other region. The Turf- Hog, the 

 Celtic Shorthorn, the Sheep, and the Goat have been domesticated 

 in the countries in which their wild ancestors were captured by 

 the hunter in Central Asia. To this region also belong the 

 Jackal, the Wild Boar, and the Wild Horse, and in ancient times 

 the Urus. It is therefore probable that all these domestic animals 

 came into Europe with their mastei's from the south-east — from 

 the Central plateau of Asia — the ancient home of all the present 

 European peoples." 



Text-fig. 66. 



Skull of a Urus in the Anatomical Museum, University of Edinbvirgli. 



The premaxilla has only a slight connection with the nasal, the forehead is flat, the 

 temporal fossa is closed behind, and the horn-cores curve forwards at nearly 

 a right angle to the forehead. 



Of Continental zoologists, Prof. Duerst has for some years been 

 directing most attention to the origin of domestic animals. In 

 his report on the Animal Remains found in Turkestan by the 



