Cave Hunting / Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe

by William Boyd Dawkins

The Pleistocene Period.

A.—The latest stage.

Palæolithic Man.
Woolly Rhinoceros, abundant.
Mammoth, abundant.
Reindeer, abundant.
Stag, comparatively rare.
Northern forms of life in full possession of area north of Alps and Pyrenees.

B.—The middle stage.

Palæolithic Man.
Machairodus latidens.
Stag, abundant.
Northern forms of life present, but not in force.
Rhinoceros megarhinus, still living.
Woolly Rhinoceros, present.

C.—The early stage.

The following are animals peculiar to this stage:—

Trogontherium Cuvieri.
Cerus verticornis.
Cervus Sedgwickii.
C. carnutorum.

The following make their appearance:—The beaver, musk-shrew, cave-bear, roe, stag, Irish elk, urus, and bison, wild-boar, horse, (2), mammoth, wolf, and fox.