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US Farmer discovers woolly mammoth

───   09:25 Sun, 04 Oct 2015

US Farmer discovers woolly mammoth | News Article

The remains of a woolly mammoth that lived about 12-15,000 years ago have been recovered after it was found by a farmer in a field in Michigan.

Skynews reports about a fifth of the animal's bones have been retrieved during an excavation, including the skull and two tusks, numerous vertebrae and ribs, the pelvis and both shoulder blades.

Experts from the University of Michigan think humans may have killed the creature and hid the meat so that they could come back for it later.

The partial skeleton of the adult male, probably in its 40s when it died, was discovered by farmer James Bristle who was digging in a wheat field with a friend to install a drainage pipe.

The site near Chelsea holds 'excellent evidence of human activity' associated with the mammoth remains.

SkyNews

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