Abstract
Based upon the facts obtained from the osteological study, as well as from the palaeontological and the archaeological points of view, the author came to the following conclusions regarding the blood relation of the domestic cattle in East Asia.Considering from the cranical construction, all of the East-Asiatic cattle appear to have originated from two species, Bos zebu indicus and Bos primigenius, while the geographical distribution brought some differences among them.The Corean cattle are most closely related to Bos primigenius; on the contrary, the Mongolian, the zeboidal and brachyfrons types of North China and the brachyfrons type of Manchuria have many characters of Bos zebu indicus. The longifrons type of North China and Manchuria represents an intermediate form.
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