Posts Tagged ‘woolly’

Woolly Mammoth Tusk Reveals Uber-distance Migrations, Says Study

The Earth has had five mass extinctions, the most recent of which, 11,700 years ago, was caused by an extended period of warming. That event alone wiped out more than 75% of the large Ice Age animals, including the iconic woolly mammoth, the hairy ancestor of the modern elephant. And now, according to a new […]

Man Whose Ancestors Wrestled Woolly Mammoths With Their Bare Hands To Survive Gets Crippling Anxiety When He Has To Make Small Talk With A Hairdresser

Man Whose Ancestors Wrestled Woolly Mammoths With Their Bare Hands To Survive Gets Crippling Anxiety When He Has To Make Small Talk With A Hairdresser SAN DIEGO, CA—Local man Landon Netherton is descended from early man, who, approximately 6,000 years ago, had to wrestle woolly mammoths to get food and furs and tusks just in […]

First Humans in New England May Have Met and Hunted Woolly Mammoths

Did humans and woolly mammoths share the same territory near the end of the last Ice Age in what is now the Northeastern United States? A  new study  from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has given scientists reason to believe they might have, at least for a short time.  Dusting Off Woolly Mammoth Bone […]

Best Preserved Ice Age Woolly Rhino Discovered in Siberia

In 2011 the BBC reported on the discovery of the “oldest known” woolly rhino fossil that was found on the cold Tibetan plateau in the Himalayas. That creature was dated to an astonishing “3.6 million years ago” and researchers determined it was well adapted to the cold thanks to its thick, shaggy fur, short ears and […]

Why are so many fossiles of woolly mammoths young males?

     Scientists studying the fossils of ancient woolly mammoths believe they’ve cracked the mystery of why so many are young males – and the answer is surprisingly close to home. It appears that woolly mammoths and today’s young males have at least one thing in common – without their moms, they were destined to wander […]

Don’t feel bad, woolly mammoths needed their moms just like today’s men

It appears that woolly mammoths and today’s young males have at least one thing in common – without their moms, they were destined to wander the world alone before succumbing to an accidental death. Many of the clueless young male mammoths got themselves into risky situations, and were swept into rivers, or fell through ice […]

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