Tens of thousands of years ago, early Paleolithic humans painted on cave walls the things that were most important to them and with which their entire lives revolved.

One of the most prominent images which have been preserved are animals that look like an enormous bull.

That animal has gone extinct, but while it was alive, it played an important role in the development

of humanity, and its genetic descendants still play an important role today.

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The Orrix were basically an ancient species of giant cattle.

They weren't as big as an elephant, but definitely bigger than modern cattle.

The orrics existed alongside humans for most of humanity's existence.

The earliest evidence of humans and orucks are oric bones found in Israel, which have cut marks on them made by human tools.

These bones date back 120,000 years.

And if you go and look at some of the very earliest human artwork, you'll find images of orux. In fact, you'll probably find as many

images of orux by early humans as you will of any other animal. The famous cave paintings

in Chauvet and Lascaux in France both show images of oryx on the walls.

These date back as far as 36,000 years, and a recent discovery of a limestone carving in France

depicts an oryx, and that's been dated back to 38,000 years ago.

The cave paintings of Altamira Spain date back about as far and also depict

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