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Mysteriously Young ‘Mammoth’ Fossils Discovered in Alaska Turned Out to Be Whale Bones
When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...
Researchers analyzed ancient RNA from the extinct creatures. Could this be a “steppingstone” in the quest to bring them back?
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Scientists thought they’d found the youngest mammoth ever, but a DNA test told a different story
A pair of fossils once thought to be the youngest woolly mammoth remains ever found in Alaska have turned out to be something ...
Scientists in search of ancient tusks made a startling discovery. They uncovered the nearly perfectly preserved remains of a woolly mammoth in northern Siberia. The juvenile mammoth is believed to be ...
Long before modern humans built cities or carved out farms, woolly mammoths wandered across frozen plains with thick coats and steady steps. Their bones, tusks, and frozen bodies have offered clues to ...
In whatever fashion the mammoth died, its body lay undisturbed for millennia, until it was uncovered during the fall of 1848 by some undoubtedly surprised railroad workers. These were the first woolly ...
Woolly mammoth and other ice-age bones have been found on a farm in Oregon’s Grande Ronde Valley. Professor Jay Van Tassell of Eastern Oregon University’s geology department estimate the tusks found ...
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