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Fic. 49. Upper: Painted engraving of a horse from the cavern of Niaux, in 
southwestern France. Wedge-shaped mark behind right shoulder may indicate 
a spear or an arrow by which horse was “‘killed”’ as part of the magical ceremony. 
After Cartailhac and Breuil. Lower: The Mongolian wild horse, closely akin to 
those of the Old Stone Age, now in the National Zoological Park 
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