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<blockquote data-quote="David Howery" data-source="post: 1922082" data-attributes="member: 17239"><p>I've always been fascinated with prehistoric critters (I wrote 2 articles on them for Dragon way back in 1E/2E days).&nbsp; What I've also found interesting is how many of them survived the end of the Ice Age, only to die out as civilization was getting going.&nbsp; The mammoths on that small Arctic island were mentioned earlier.&nbsp; The big European 'cave' lion survived in the Balkans for quite some time, perhaps until 2000 BC.&nbsp; A small American elephantine creature, Cuvieronius, may have lived in C. and S. America until 400 AD.&nbsp; A giant hippo lived in the Meditteranean area up to the end of the Late stone age.&nbsp; Sivatherium, a type of giant giraffe with moose-like horns, survived in Africa long enough to be painted onto rocks by Africans.&nbsp; The Irish elk may have survived in central Europe up to 2500 years ago.&nbsp; The aborigines in Australia arrived there in time to see a lot of the megafauna, from Diprotodon to Megalania.&nbsp; The cave bear and dire wolf both survived the end of the Ice Age only to die out later.&nbsp; Having some of these creatures surviving in a D&amp;D campaign isn't so farfetched.....</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="David Howery, post: 1922082, member: 17239"] I've always been fascinated with prehistoric critters (I wrote 2 articles on them for Dragon way back in 1E/2E days). What I've also found interesting is how many of them survived the end of the Ice Age, only to die out as civilization was getting going. The mammoths on that small Arctic island were mentioned earlier. The big European 'cave' lion survived in the Balkans for quite some time, perhaps until 2000 BC. A small American elephantine creature, Cuvieronius, may have lived in C. and S. America until 400 AD. A giant hippo lived in the Meditteranean area up to the end of the Late stone age. Sivatherium, a type of giant giraffe with moose-like horns, survived in Africa long enough to be painted onto rocks by Africans. The Irish elk may have survived in central Europe up to 2500 years ago. The aborigines in Australia arrived there in time to see a lot of the megafauna, from Diprotodon to Megalania. The cave bear and dire wolf both survived the end of the Ice Age only to die out later. Having some of these creatures surviving in a D&D campaign isn't so farfetched..... [/QUOTE]

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