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	The climate of ] became dry after the large tectonic collision between the ] and the ]. This impact threw up the massive chain of mountains known as the ]. The Himalayas, ] and ] mountains act like a high wall, blocking the warm and wet climate from penetrating into Central Asia. Many of the mountains of ] were formed during the Late ] and Early ] periods. The Mongolian climate was more humid hundreds of thousands of years ago.

	==Pre-human history==
	Mongolia is known to be the source of priceless paleontological discoveries. The first scientifically confirmed dinosaur eggs were found in Mongolia during the 1923 expedition of the American ], led by ].

	During the middle to late ] Epoch, Mongolia was the home of many ] mammals with ] and ] being the most prominent of them.

	==Stone Age==
	'']'' possibly inhabited Mongolia as much as 800,000 years ago but fossils of ''H. erectus'' have not yet been found in Mongolia. Stone tools have been found in the southern, Gobi, region, perhaps dating back as much as 800,000 years.<ref></ref>

	]s (also known as reindeer stones) are ancient megaliths carved with symbols that can be found all over central and eastern ] but are concentrated largely in ] and Mongolia. Most deer stones occur in association with ancient graves; it is believed that stones are the guardians of the dead. There are around 700 deer stones known in Mongolia of a total of 900 deer stones that have been found in ] and South ]. Their true purpose and creators are still unknown. Some researchers claim that deer stones are rooted in ] and are thought to have been set up during the ] around 1000 BC, and may mark the graves of important people. Later inhabitants of the area likely reused them to mark their own burial mounds, and perhaps for other purposes. In Mongolia, the Lake Baikal area, and the ] Altai and ] regions, there are 550, 20, 20, and 60 known deer stones respectively. Moreover, there are another 20 deer stones in ] and the ] (Samashyev 1992) and 10 further west, specifically in the ] and parts of the ], including the provinces of ] and the ], and near the ] (Mongolian History 2003).

	There are different viewpoints about the origins of deer stone art. According to H. L. Chlyenova, the artistic deer image originated from the ] tribe and its branches (Chlyenova 1962). Volkov believes that some of the methods of crafting deer stone art are closely related to ] (Volkov 1967), whereas D. Tseveendorj regards deer stone art as having originated in Mongolia during the Bronze Age and spread thereafter to ] and the ] area (Tseveendorj 1979). D. G. Savinov (1994) and M. H. Mannai-Ool (1970) have also studied deer stone art and have reached other conclusions.

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	==Further reading==
	*Ryan Schmidt, UNRAVELING THE POPULATION HISTORY OF THE XIONGNU TO EXPLAIN MOLECULAR AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL MODELS OF PREHISTORIC MONGOLIA (DISSERTATION)

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