Tag Archives: Chauvet Caves

The moo of the wild

Posted on November 11, 2015 by twilightbeasts

In a sense, Pleistocene megafauna are still with us even in post-industrial England. It may not seem like it but the humble heifer is probably the most successful species of megafauna on the planet, outnumbering all the elephants, rhinos, whales, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aurochs | Tagged ancient DNA, Aurochs, cave art, Chauvet Caves, cow, DNA, domestication, extinct, Extinction, Heck cattle, Lascaux Caves, Nazis, Pleistocene, Ross Barnett | 12 Comments

Mammoths!

Posted on July 18, 2014 by twilightbeasts

The first animal that pops into anyone’s head when you say ‘Ice Age’ will be the woolly mammoth. This is the iconic animal of the Pleistocene. There were other large proboscideans lolloping across the landscape, including the mastodon and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Woolly Mammoth | Tagged 10000BC, Bering Straits, Charles Knight, Chauvet Caves, Font-de-Gaume, Gompothere, Grotte de CUssac, Hyena, Ice Age, Lyuba, Mammoth Steppe, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mammuthus subplanifrons, Mammuthus trogontherii, Mastodon, Neanderthal, Siberia, Southern Mammoth, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth, Woolly rhinoceros, Wrangle Island | 38 Comments

To worship the lion

Posted on July 4, 2014 by twilightbeasts

We think of lions, today, as African animals. This is mostly true. However, there is still a tiny refugium of non-African lions, isolated in the Kathiawar peninsula of India, and centred on the Gir forest reserve. Here, 400 or so … Continue reading →

Posted in Cave Lion | Tagged American lion, art, Cave Lion, Chauvet Caves, Extinction, Homotherium latidens, Lascaux Caves, löwenmensch, Pleistocene | 11 Comments

Galloping across the steppes

Posted on May 21, 2014 by twilightbeasts

Around 50 million years ago, long before the Epoch of the Twilight Beasts, a little mammal, Eohippus, scurried about in the forests of North America. This creature, about the size of an average dog, was the ancestor of the magnificent … Continue reading →

Posted in Horse | Tagged Aurignacian, Chauvet Caves, Eocene, Eohippus, Equus caballus, Hippidion, Jean Auel, Lascaux Caves, Miocene, Pliocene, Przewalski's horse, Tarpan, The Valley of Horses, Vogelherd horse | 51 Comments

The forgotten sabretooth

Posted on April 28, 2014 by twilightbeasts

If the Pleistocene megafauna held a popularity contest then I’m certain that some species would pop up more than others. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), the giant ground sloth (Megatherium americanum) and sabretooth cat (Smilodon fatalis) are probably the gold, silver, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sabre tooth Cat | Tagged Cave Lion, Chauvet Caves, Creswell Crags, European Scimitar Cat, Ground sloth, Homotherium latidens, Kents Cavern, Lascaux Caves, Robin Hood Cave, Sabre tooth cat, Smilodon fatalis, William Boyd Dawkins, Woolly Mammoth | 21 Comments

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