2007-11-26 - Washington, United States. David Chircop
During the most recent Ice Age, this slice of North America was a prime stomping ground for mammoths. The giant elephant-like beasts were heavily concentrated in the central and northern Puget Sound lowlands. Why they became extinct is still a mystery. Molars of the Columbian mammoth are the most common mammoth remains found in Washington. In fact, the Columbian mammoth — which foraged grasses along meadows, bogs and ponds 1.6 million to 10,000 years ago — is the state fossil.
2007-11-24 - CHETOPA, United States. COLLEEN SURRIDGE
Life science teacher Tim Blankenship was elated to find part of a mammoth tooth along the banks of the Neosho River near Chetopa two years ago. His excitement mounted last summer when he discovered a second, larger mammoth tooth within 30 meters of the first. “I found the first one in the summer of 2005,” said Blankenship, who teaches at Chetopa Grade School. “I went to Wyoming looking for dinosaur fossils and mammoth fossils (in 2006). Then I found this tooth this year, and I didn’t eve...
2007-10-17 - Stockton, United States. C. Johnson
There was an unusual discovery Wednesday morning at a downtown Stockton construction site. Workers came across the bones of a mammoth. The remains - tail and femur bones - were unearthed about 80 feet down at the corner of east Weber Street and north San Joaquin Street. Dr. Gregg Anderson, an assistant professor of biology at UOP, said a large auger was drilling at about 8 a.m. when tailings revealed bones. Workers called the county coroners office whose representative came out and said the big ...
2007-10-03 - , United Kingdom.
A WALK on the beach with his dog Daisy lead pensioner Dennis Smith to make a fascinating discovery among the flotsam and jetsam - the leg bone of a giant mammoth. Nature lover Mr Smith, from Witham, has been visiting Dunwichs Cliff House Holiday Park with his wife Barbara for more than 20 years, and often takes part in the annual BeachWatch clean up, but this is the first time the 69-year-old has come across such an exciting find on the seashore.
2007-09-28 - Augusta, United States. Emily Sapienza
The tusk of a prehistoric mastodon that a Cushing family donated to the Maine State Museum in August has been officially accepted to the museum's collection. Museum registrar and zoology curator Dr. Paula T. Work sent documents to the Winchenbach family on Sept. 14 that confirm the transfer of legal title for the prehistoric tusk from the family to the museum. Work also included a letter to Michelle and Timothy Winchenbach thanking them for their generous donation.
2007-09-28 - Los Angeles, United States. Karen Kaplan
Scientists seeking to decode ancient DNA from woolly mammoths and other Ice Age beasts have found an abundant new source of unsullied genetic material: ordinary hair. Using samples of fur from mammoths that roamed Siberia 17,000 to 50,000 years ago, the researchers were able, they say, to reconstruct the complete mitochondrial genomes of 10 animals, even though some of the hair had been stored at room temperature for 200 years.
2007-09-27 - Los Angeles, United States. Randolph E. Schmid
Attacking several tons of woolly mammoth with stone-tipped spears must have taken extraordinary courage — and ancient people left paintings to prove they did it. Now, scientists are approaching mammoths in a different way, extracting DNA from their dense coats in an effort to learn more about them. Mammoths are extinct, of course. No one knows if the cause was climate change, hungry Neanderthals or something else — but they left behind remains, often frozen in the tundra.
2007-09-27 - Knoxville, United States. Sam Watson
More shovel-tusked elephant remains have surfaced at the Gray Fossil Site seven years after scientists first identified portions of the fossilized behemoth in the early days of the sites discovery. Having searched in vain in previous digs, East Tennessee State University researchers struck gold this week after getting a better idea of where an elephant pelvis and other fragments were found from some of the original investigators.
2007-09-24 - Stavropolsky, Russian Federation.
Skeleton of a southern elephant, who lived millions of years ago, was discovered in Stavropolsky region by workers in an open pit. To date scientists know only four such skeletons. One of said skeletons was discovered in the same region in 1960 and is now exhibited in regional museum, Three more elephants found home in Paris, Saint Peterburg and Tbilisi.
2007-09-23 - Jackson, United States. Tracie Simer
A fossil skeleton stands at 19 feet, the tusks are 8 feet long and its more than 12,000 years old. Its the only display of its kind in West Tennessee. A woolly mammoth skeleton is on exhibit at the Obion County museum through June. The county has it on loan from Russia.
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