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glossary

canine a pointed tooth used by meat-eating animals for tearing flesh
Cro-Magnon the earliest type of modern humans who appeared

35,000 years ago

fossils the remains of a dead animal or plant that have turned to rock
Holocene period the time from 10,000 years ago to the present day

molars cheek teeth for chewing

mummies well-preserved, dried out bodies or remains of dead animals

Neanderthal an extinct species of human

paleontologists scientists who study fossils
permafrost a thick layer of undersoil that stays frozen all year

Pleistocene period the time between 1,640,000 to 10,000 years ago,

marked by a series of great ice ages
predators animals that naturally prey on others for food

ravening attacking through extreme hunger

steppe a large area of flat unforested grassland

tundra vast flat treeless grasslands on permafrost

index

Asian elephants, 5 matriarchs, 5, 7–8, 11, ravening, 6
12–13, 21

canine teeth, 23 molars, 4, 5 scimitar cats, 6, 23
cave lions, 8, 18–20, 23 mummies, 4, 22 steppes, 5

Cro-Magnons, 22–23 storms, 6, 11, 15–16
Neanderthals, 10, 13,
flint, 17 14, 16, 18, 22, 23 territories, 9

fossils, 4, 22 tundras, 23

paleontologists, 22
Holocene period, 4 permafrost, 22
Pleistocene period, 4

ice ages, 5, 21–22 predators, 4–5, 7, 9

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