woolly mammoth

     

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), also calle the tundra mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth. This animal is known from bones and frozen carcasses from northern North America and northern Eurasia with the best preserved carcasses in Siberia.

Trivia about woolly mammoth

  • Herds of this species, cousin of the mastadon, were once widespread in the Northern Hemisphere
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a small statue at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) This 35-thousand-year-old figurine known as the Lion Man, the oldest known human statue, is made from the ivory of this animal that went from endangered to extinct thousands of years ago
  • A 35,000-year-old flute discovered in a cave is made from the ivory of this animal, extinct for thousands of years

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