Remains of mammoth uncovered in Mexico
Remains of mammoth uncovered in Mexico
June 25, 2016
Mexican experts are carefully digging up fossils of a Pleistocene-era mammoth believed to have been cut to pieces by ancient humans.
Remains of the giant wooly mammal, believed to be some 14,000 years old, were discovered by chance in December near Mexico City while drainage pipes were being installed in the village of Tultepec.
Archaeologists have been working at the site since April, and they hope to complete their work in the next few days.
Luis Cordoba, an archaeologist with the National Institute of Anthropology and History, said the remains of more than fifty mammoths have been discovered in the area around the capital, where in pre-historic times there was a shallow saltwater lake where the heavy creatures often got stuck.
The lake was also very good for preserving the remains.
Other mammoth remains have been found in the Tultepec area, "but this is the first time that they can be studied because in general people do not report the finds in time," Cordoba said.
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One of my favorite trips ever was to the Le Brea Tar Pits in LA and the Page Museum. Touring an actual tar pit dig was an extraordinary experience. The center of the museum is a glass enclosed working archeological laboratory with busy scientists working like worker ants on what they had dug up.
It is an absolutely extraordinary experience. Plus, right around the corner there are both world class natural history and art museums. One could literally spend many days there and not be bored.
Here, a pic of the entrance with obligatory tar entrapped mammoth in the foreground.
And yes, that's tar.
