The females were 10 to 15 percent shorter than the males, without antlers ... Nor was it an elk; it was a giant deer, with no relation to the European elk (Alces alces) or North American elk ...

European (R.t. tarandus ... Both Male And Female Reindeer Grow Antlers In most deer species, only the males grow antlers. However, both male and female reindeer grow antlers.

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

The leg bone of a hippopotamus, the jawbone of a horse and a deer antler are remnants of some ... N.L. — a city that considers itself old in terms of European settlement. It is fascinating ...

European archaeologists believe that Quina scrapers were invented to meet the needs of highly mobile hunters living in cool and dry climates. These hunters were focused on seasonal migratory prey such ...

European archaeologists believe that Quina scrapers ... These hunters were focused on seasonal migratory prey such as reindeer, giant deer, horse and bison. Quina scrapers would have helped ...

deer antlers, partially pierced teeth, and partly pierced boar tusks. These remains could be worn as adornments and resembled ancient European shaman burials. The site was reexcavated ahead of a ...

These shaggy gray and white creatures are known as Svalbard reindeer, after this island group nearly 500 miles north of the European ... down atop the deer and catches her antlers.

For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...

Strong roe deer, capreolus capreolus, buck with dark antlers on a meadow with wildflowers early in ... Famed for their black-and-white-striped faces, European badgers are nocturnal creatures that dig ...