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in the head with a stone hammer, such as was found in 

 the same bed. Possibly, therefore, man's love of horse- 

 flesh may have been an important element in securing the 

 extinction of the species in America. 



Besides these animals there were associated with man 

 at this time the Musk Sheep and the Keindeer, both 

 now confined to the regions of the far north, but dur- 

 ing the Glacial period ranging into southern France, and 

 mingling their bones with those both of man and of the 

 southern species already enumerated. 



The Wolverine, the Arctic Fox, the Marmot, the 

 Lemming — all now confined to colder regions — at that 

 time mingled on the plains of central Europe with the 

 species mentioned as belonging now to Africa and south- 



Fig. 92.— Musk-sheep (Ovibos moschatius). 



ern Asia. The Ibex, also, and the Snowy Vole and Cha- 

 mois descended to the plains from their mountain-heights, 

 and joined in the strange companionship of animals from 

 the north and from the south. 



Besides these extremes there were associated with man 

 during the Glacial period numerous representatives of the 

 temperate group of existing animals, such as the bison, 

 the horse, the stag, the beaver, the hare, the rabbit, the 



