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THE PALÆOLITHIC RACES OF EUROPE

the famous relic in the form of a piece of ivory from the outside layer of the tusk, having incised on it the outline of a hairy elephant (PI. XXL). The lofty skull and hollow forehead of

FIG. 69. Incised figure of Mammoth in Cave of Combarelles. (After Capitan and Breuil.)

the animal are characteristic of the Siberian mammoth, as shown by its skeleton preserved in St Petersburg (Fig. 68). Also, on comparing it with the spirited outline of the mammoth

FIG. 70. Reindeer incised on a Plaque of Schist. (After Cartailhac and Breuil, L'Anth., 1907.)

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incised on the wall of the Cave of Combarelles (Fig. 69), one cannot fail to be struck with the striking resemblance between them.

A plaque of schist ornamented with the classic engraving

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