Still Waters Posted May 23, 2020 #1 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built “traps” where more than a dozen mammoths were found last year. Both discoveries reveal how appealing the area – once a shallow lake – was for the mammoths, and how erroneous was the classic vision of groups of fur-clad hunters with spears chasing mammoths across a plain. For the moment, however, Mexican archaeologists are facing a surfeit of mammoths, almost too many to ever excavate. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/22/mexico-city-mammoth-bones-found https://www.9news.com.au/world/mexico-city-mammoth-bones-found-at-airport/2efcb2ba-294d-48a2-9175-e6012dfc5825 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted May 23, 2020 #2 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Adopt a Mexican mammoth today...! ~ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted September 4, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Update: There's a video in the link. Quote The discovery of at least 200 mammoth skeletons near Mexico City may help explain why the species became extinct, archaeologists have said. It appears the beasts may have been butchered by humans between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago. "We have about 200 mammoths, about 25 camels, five horses," said archaeologist Rubén Manzanilla López, from the National Institute of Anthropology and History. A large number of bones is still to be excavated. https://news.sky.com/story/mammoth-skeleton-discovery-in-mexico-may-explain-why-species-became-extinct-12063230 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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