guy Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) This was an exciting find of Steppe mammoth remains. The Steppe mammoth was an ancestor of the later Woolly mammoth. Quote Archaeologists found the remains of five animals, including two adults, two juveniles, and an infant, at a quarry near Swindon. The dig began after two keen fossil hunters spotted a Neanderthal hand axe. The most intriguing aspect of the find: Quote Close to the mammoth remains, the team also found a number of stone tools made by Neanderthals. Research is ongoing to understand why so many mammoths were found in one place, and whether they were hunted or scavenged by Neanderthals. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59702237 Edited February 4, 2023 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldrail Posted December 20, 2021 Report Share Posted December 20, 2021 Yep, my home town had mammoths. You can still see the ice age landscape if you look around, such as hillsides on the Marlborough Downs eroded by melting ice cap. What a sight that must have been. To the north, ice up to a mile high, on the border (more or less where Swindon is today), ice mountains and torrents of muddy meltwater, plus inland lakes formed by the run off, the flat plains to the northeast particularly feeding the RIver Thames. No trees, just grasses, bushes, muddy gravel and boulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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