▁man kind ▁had ▁lived ▁during ▁the ▁ice ▁age ▁and ▁co ex isted ▁with ▁m amm oth s . ▁ ▁The ▁evidence ▁for ▁co ex istence ▁came ▁not ▁only ▁from ▁the ▁rein de er ▁but ▁also ▁from ▁a ▁car ved ▁spe ar ▁thro wer ▁which ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁location . ▁This ▁device ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁gain ▁extra ▁le verage ▁when ▁throwing ▁a ▁spe ar . ▁In ▁this ▁case ▁it ▁was ▁made ▁from ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁rein de er ▁ant ler ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁car ved ▁into ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁a ▁m amm oth . ▁ ▁The ▁rein de er ▁sculpt ures ▁were ▁again ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁in ▁Toul ouse , ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁a ▁French ▁bu yer ▁might ▁have ▁been ▁found , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁eventually ▁proc ured ▁by ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 . ▁ ▁De ▁l ' Is le ▁initially ▁offered ▁his ▁finds ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁Museum ▁for ▁the ▁large ▁sum ▁of ▁ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fran cs , ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁a ▁value ▁in ▁excess ▁of ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁pounds ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁offer ▁was ▁considered ▁much ▁too ▁high ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁accepted ▁by ▁August us ▁Fran ks , ▁an ▁enthus i astic ▁anti qu arian ▁who ▁was ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁north ▁European ▁collection ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁Fran ks ▁had ▁been ▁known ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁museum ' s ▁ac quis itions ▁himself , ▁and ▁he ▁sent