Giant Ibex lived in the Southern Pyrenees after the Ice Age
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The sub-species of the Iberian mountain goat Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica became extinct in the year 2000 before its biological and phytogenetic characteristics could be explored in depth. A new study has shed light on their size, origin and post-Ice environmental conditions after discovering three skull fossils from between 4,000 and 7,000 years ago in the southwest of the Pyrenees.