During which era did the aurochs face an apex predator challenge from cave lions, cave bears, and wolves?
Answer
The Pleistocene epoch
In the Ice Age European steppes, the aurochs faced a 'mega-predator guild' consisting of cave lions, cave bears, and packs of early wolves.
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