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ICE AGE PLEISTOCENE EUROPEAN PONY MANDIBLE JAW WITH ORIGINAL INTACT TEETH River Dredge - Slovakia LATE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD: 200,000 - 20,000 years ago The horse played a very important part in the lives of prehistoric humans in both, Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons and most probably, Homo erectus. Prehistoric carvings and cave paintings in Europe show the horse well-represented with other Ice Age beasts such as the Woolly Mammoth, Woolly Rhinoceros, Aurochs, Bison and Cave Lion. It is highly likely that prehistoric humans not only marveled at the beauty of the horse as they watched them roam free across the European continent, but relied on their hide and meat to survive. To this day, horse meat is a delicacy in the same regions in Europe where they were formerly hunted by prehistoric humans. Despite what you would think, seldom are fine grade Ice Age horse fossils from the European continent available for purchase. Horse fossils from North America and Russia (Siberia) are common but true European Pleistocene deposits provide few horse fossils for the market. As a perfect compliment to European Ice Age fossil collections, this interesting specimen makes for an uncommon addition. Unlike some pieces we have seen offered that are not truly fossils and either modern or only ancient in origin (recent to just a few hundred or thousands of years old) this specimen IS PREHISTORIC IN ORIGIN and was collected by a river dredge removing deep gravel deposits also producing fossils of Woolly Rhinoceros, Woolly Mammoth, Cave Lion and other extinct Ice Age beasts. The entire piece has been chemically stabilized to protect its condition but is in its original form as retrieved from deep in a Pleistocene river gravel deposit. It is 100% AUTHENTIC WITH NO FABRICATION OR COMPOSITING OF TEETH. COMPLETE original dentition in perfect condition are intact. Bone and teeth are in superb condition and rich in color. An excellent specimen to aid in reconstructing an entire skull or display as is.
This would make a phenomenal display piece laying alongside
primitive
hunting weapons of prehistoric man!
A great compliment to a
primitive
man stone
tool and weapon collection as these magnificent and seemingly magical
animals lived in the same environments as prehistoric humans,
played a vital role for resources in human survival during the last Ice
Age and were hunted / revered by both Neanderthal man and
Cro-Magnon man. The ancestry of the modern horse, Equus, can be first traced back to the Eocene Period 60 million years go to a little multi-toed horse-like creature not any larger than a fox. This earliest of horse was a flexible and likely very nimble animal that ran on five-toed feet. Over a period of tens of millions of years, several species developed and the body size of the horse increased and became more robust. The feet developed then into three-toed limbs and eventually, horses with a single hoof emerged. Domestication of the horse has led to a dizzying array of breeds but none that resemble what the prehistoric horses would have exactly looked like. There is one surviving species, though. The Przewalski's Horse is the last surviving wild horse species and cave paintings in France made by Upper Paleolithic humans exactly resemble this beautiful and unique creature as they exist today. INTERESTING FOSSIL FOR AN ICE AGE COLLECTION - PLEISTOCENE HORSE FOSSILS FROM EUROPE ARE NOT COMMON 11.6" long overall $565 H018 INCLUDES STAND Actual Item - One Only |
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