Men of the old stone age, their environment, life and art (1915)
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 129
ii, which had apreference for the companionship of the hippopotamus (H. major);it would seem that these animals were less hardy because both 94 MEN OF THE OLD STONE AGE disappeared from Europe a little earlier than the ancient elephantand Mercks rhinoceros. The African lion would appear to have… … Fig. 44. Map showing the wide geographic distribution (horizontal lines) of Mercksrhinoceros and the straight-tusked elephant, which first entered western Europe dur-ing the First Interglacial Stage and survived until nearly the close of the Third Inter-glacial Stage. The hippopotamus, which…
Prehistoric peoples · Stone age · Art, Primitive
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