Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?
A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?
Wellcome Collection

A prehistoric man defends his family from an attacking bear: the man's family huddle together in a cave, while mammoths, a tiger (?), a rhinocerus and cattle roam in the landscape beyond. Colour lithograph, 1840/1900?

1845

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Der Mensch und die Thiere der Diluvialzeit in Mitteleuropa. Bears number: VII.

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