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            When Giant Deer Roamed Eurasia
                
                    
                        
                            Season 2
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            Episode 31
                        
                    
                
            
            
            Megaloceros was one of the largest members of the deer family ever to walk the Earth. The archaeological record is full of evidence that our ancestors lived alongside and interacted with these giant mammals for millennia. But what happened when they did interact, when humans met this megafauna?
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