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"Caveman" is not a very precise description for prehistoric humans since some people still live in caves. The animals that were contemporaries with prehistoric humans include most of those that are alive today and those that have gone extinct during the million or so years that humans can be identified from the fossil records.

All modern birds and several extinct species such as the dodo and passenger pigeon would have coexisted with prehistoric humans. The wooly mamoth, saber-tooth tiger, and cave bear were depicted in cave drawings or were present in fossil records. It is probable that wolves were living with the early humans but were probably not yet domesticated as dogs.

See the link for more detailed information on some of the animals that were contemporaries of North American humans from the last ice age.

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