Remains found at Aetokremnos on the Akrotiri peninsula, from about 10,000 BC, are linked with early hunters and which animals?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Dwarf hippopotamuses and dwarf elephants
- Step 1: The animals lived on the island in the last ice age. Step 2. The site contains bones of pygmy hippopotamuses and dwarf elephants, which later died out. Answer: Dwarf hippopotamuses and dwarf elephants. Why not the others: Mammoths, reindeer, lions, gazelles, horses and camels were not island species of Cyprus.
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