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July 9, 2011
Laurie Winn Carlson is author of Cattle: An Informal Social History.
The cave paintings in northern Spain and France depict the close ties of prehistoric people and wild cattle. From that time to the present cattle raising has been an essential human activity. Laurie Winn Carlson explains how cattle have influenced everything from human language to modern medicine.