#archaeology #mammoths #AncientHumans

The remains of 5 mammoths have been found in Austria. Interestingly the remains of three included, dismembered but intact, tusks of the animals. It is thought that the tusks were being used to create ivory spear heads. the find is helping archaeologists to better understand how humans and Mammoths lived just before the peak of the last Ice Age. The mammoths were butchered using stone tools. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mammoths-butchered-ivory-tusks-unearthed-austria/

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, written by Dr Dean Lomax. Here's my painting of two fighting Columbian mammoths, they will become locked together and die together.

This book would make a great Christmas gift! https://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281

Rewriting History: Ice Age Hunters Used Planted Pikes, Not Throwing Spears, To Bring Down Mammoths
https://scitechdaily.com/rewriting-history-ice-age-hunters-used-planted-pikes-not-throwing-spears-to-bring-down-mammoths/ #archaeology #hunting #clovispoints #mammoths #megafauna #pike

@KateShaw has released a new episode, full of interesting updates. Long distance migrations of Painted Lady Butterflies, the origin of Delcourt's giant gecko, mammoth DNA, the longest known worm, and many more. Also the "lava bear".

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/07/15/episode-389-updates-7-and-the-lava-bear/

a great episode.

#reptiles
#worms
#bears
#butterflies
#insects
#mammoths

Last surviving woolly #mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction https://phys.org/news/2024-06-surviving-woolly-mammoths-inbred-doomed.html

Temporal dynamics of woolly #mammoth #genome erosion prior to #extinction: Marianne Dehasque et al. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00577-4

"The last population of mammoths was isolated on #WrangelIsland off the coast of #Siberia 10,000 years ago, when sea levels rose and cut the mountainous island off from the mainland... they originated from at most 8 individuals but grew to 200–300 within 20 generations."

Extraordinary new discovery: An Austrian winemaker found the remains of #mammoths while renovating a wine cellar.

https://science.orf.at/stories/3225116/

The CIA Just Invested In Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology.

While skeptics doubt the prospects for de-extinction, the CIA’s venture capital firm deems powerful genetic manipulation tools worth the money.

https://theintercept.com/2022/09/28/cia-extinction-woolly-mammoth-dna/ #CIA #Mammoths #technology

The Trees That Miss the Mammoths: Not actually new but a cool article about trees like the osage orange, the honey locust, and the Kentucky coffee tree, avocados too, and papayas, #trees that evolved to feed animals that are now extinct. #plants #extinction #mammoths https://www.americanforests.org/article/the-trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/

So, hydrogen comes from mammoths? Like oil comes from dinosaurs? I never knew that!

(Read past the headline? Why?)

#hydrogen #mammoths #science

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/french-drillers-may-have-stumbled-upon-a-mammoth-hydrogen-deposit/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

The Mammoth Bone in Warsaw, Poland

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.#architecture #18thcentury #palaces #history #fossils #objectsofintrigue #churches #bones #mammoths #section-Atlas
The Mammoth Bone

#WoollyMammoths had #testosterone surges like those of male #elephants https://www.newscientist.com/article/2371651-woolly-mammoths-had-testosterone-surges-like-those-of-male-elephants/ by Riley Black

Testosterone histories from tusks reveal woolly #mammoth musth episodes https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06020-9

"Hormone measurements from the tusk of a male #WoollyMammoth show these #animals went through #musth, a seasonal peak in testosterone seen in elephants... The new method has the potential to document many aspects of the lives of #mammoths, as well as other #extinct animals."

Unique Gomphothere Assemblage Found in Florida https://www.sci.news/paleontology/gomphothere-assemblage-florida-11974.html

#Gomphotheres were a diverse group of #extinct #elephant-like #animals. They were smaller than #mammoths — about the same size as modern #elephants.

Hello Mastodonians,
here's a tooth, ca. 25cm, and a tusk, ca. 2m, of a mammoth. Herbivore, by the way.

The Burren centre, Kilfenora, Ireland

#ThrowbackThursday #Mammoths #IceAge
#TheBurren #Mastodaoine

Even as a kid I knew this day would come. No really.
#Mammoths #ClonedMeat
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/29/mammoth-meatballs-grown-from-ancient-genetic-information.html

Some years ago, my beloved daughter made these very special Christmas ornaments for me, with woolly #mammoths and #dragons, as in the Dragonlance series I translated at that time. This year, having joined the mastodon community, it is double fun to hang them into the Christmas tree. This is to you, @nick and all the other #mastoadmin s - happy holidays or merry Christmas, whatever you enjoy these days.

I suppose it was inevitable…

First “big boy” science book, circa 1970. A Book of #Mammoths

Beautifully illustrated and scientific enough for 7 to 70 year olds…up to date for the time.

An interesing article on the life and history of Mammoths and Mastodons. Yes, Mastodon users might find it interesting too. :-)

#Science #Palaeontology #Biology #Nature #Mammoths #Mastodons #Mammals #Ecology

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-mammoths-competed-other-animals-and-lost