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The horse did well in Europe. Cave paintings of horses in France, dated to over 30,000 years ago, show that prehistoric man knew horses well. When the last Ice Age occurred, approximately 20,000 years ago, glaciers descended on northern Europe, driving most surviving animals into southern Europe, Africa, and Asia. The numbers of horses dwindled. Consequently, European species of horses may have been on their way to extinction as well. Indeed, domestication may well have prevented extinction of the horse.