H017 - ICE AGE PLEISTOCENE EUROPEAN FOSSIL HORSE JAW WITH ORIGINAL TEETH

Product Description

ITEM # 

H017

ID

Equus

FOUND

Gravel Quarry - Central Europe	

AGE

PLEISTOCENE:  200,000 - 20,000 years ago

SIZE

13.6" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION - CRACKS
FILLED AND STABILIZED, ALL TEETH 
ORIGINAL AND STILL ROOTED.

NOTE

RARE ICE AGE HORSE FOSSIL MANDIBLE
PERFECT FOR DISPLAY AS IS, OR RESTORE
AND USE TO COMPLETE A SKULL.

INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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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.  

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.

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.