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On a more curious note, there have been historical attempts - some also in current times - to 'revive' an extinct wild form, the aurochs (Stokstad 2015), perhaps an example of the 'taste for the primitive' so characteristic of diverse human endeavors (Gombrich 2002). The case of the aurochs is tied to the Heck cattle and with that to the history of Nazi Germany. It would seem there are better ways to act to restore natural environments.
Gombrich EH. 2002. The Preference for the Primitive: Episo
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― The Process of Animal Domestication
― The Process of Animal Domestication
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In the West we know the military uniform, clerical collar, medical goatee, and judge's wig. But where people are naked, it is the body itself that must be changed.
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― The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology
― The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology
