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title: Megaloceros (Giant Elk) Skeleton
author: Postdlf
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6110/megaloceros-giant-elk-skeleton/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Megaloceros (Giant Elk) Skeleton
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6110.jpg)
## Image Caption
Megaloceros giganteus (generally known as Irish- or [Giant](https://www.worldhistory.org/Giants/) Elk) skeleton on display at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Megaloceros is an extinct genus of deer that lived from the Late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene and was, as with other prehistoric megafauna, hunted by prehistoric humans.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irish_Elk.jpg) by [**Postdlf**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irish_Elk.jpg). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 09 December 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.