For 30 years, the “Kerry cow” bones were seen as proof of early farming in Ireland; scientists now say they belonged to a bear and wild boar
- Representative Image (AI-generated)For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s Ferriter’s Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island.
- But new research has now overturned that interpretation.
- According to University College Dublin (UCD), bones once identified as cattle have instead been identified as belonging to a bear and wild boar.
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- Representative Image (AI-generated)For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s Ferriter’s Cove was considered some of the earliest evidence that farming had reached the island.
- But new research has now overturned that interpretation.
- According to University College Dublin (UCD), bones once identified as cattle have instead been identified as belonging to a bear and wild boar.
Sources: Times of India