Arctic savanna: Ancient dwellers of the North
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What animal was not hunted by early humans?
Urus (aurochs bull)
Cave lion
Wooly mammoth
Wrong! Early humans hunted the urus (aurochs bull) and the wooly mammoth
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Correct! Cave lions were dangerous predators, and people never hunted them
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Which of the following ice-age animals was exclusively herbivorous?
Wooly rhinoceros
Cave bears
Cave lions
Wrong! Cave lions hunted other animals. Bears, while feeding mostly on grass and roots, could also hunt when food became scarce
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Correct! The wooly rhinoceros fed exclusively on plants
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Which of the following animals did not go extinct and still roam the wild?
Mammoth
Urus (aurochs bull)
Bison
Wrong! The mammoth and the urus (aurochs bull) are extinct
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Correct! The bison can still be found in the wild. There is the American bison and the European bison
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How did mammoths find their way into North America?
By swimming across the strait
They always lived there
They crossed an isthmus linking Siberia to Alaska
Wrong! Animals migrated from one continent to another, and the mammoths reached North America by crossing an isthmus linking it to Asia
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Correct! The mammoth travelled from one continent to another through an isthmus. When the glaciers retreated, the isthmus was flooded and the two continents are now separated by the Bering Strait
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How are cave lions different from today’s lions that live in Africa?
They had no mane
They lived in caves
They hunted hoofed animals
Wrong! Lions hunted hoofed animals, and only weak and sick lions took refuge in caves
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Correct! Cave paintings of cave lions show them without a mane
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What was the preferred habitat for the woolly rhinoceros?
River valleys
Caves
Mountains
Wrong! The wooly rhinoceros did not live in caves or in the mountains. They were usually found in open planes and river valleys with abundant vegetation
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Correct! These animals preferred open planes and river valleys where they could find abundant vegetation, which formed the core of their diet
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What was a natural foe for the cave bear?
Urus (aurochs bull)
Cave lion
Mammoth
Wrong! The mammoths and the urus were herbivores
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Correct! The cave lions were the most dangerous ice-age predators, sometimes attacking bears
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