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Magdalenian carvings of auroch and lion
Magdalenian carvings: A) Auroch B) possible lion. (Nat.Mus.Preh.France; photos: Athena Review)
These ivory carvings of animals were made by Magdalenian artists in France about 15,000-12,000 years ago, at the End of the Pleistocene period. A) represents an auroch or wild ox, while the animal in B) is unidentified, possibly representing a lion. These and many other Magdalenian animal carvings are in the Musee National Prehistorique du France at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
These
Late Paleolithic records of life, showing great naturalistic skill and
powers of observation, have been found in the Old World from
France to Russia, and in the New World in parts of Brazil. Their
careful attention to natural details enable many of the
recorded species, even extinct ones known otherwise only from the
fossil record, to be identified.
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