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9M-year-old fossils unearthed in southwestern Turkey
Researchers say fossils belong to 8 different animal species, including mammoths, giraffes and rhinos
News Service
17:29 December 24, 2019
Researchers in southwestern Turkey discovered fossils belonging to eight different animal species, including mammoths, giraffes and rhinoceroses.
The discovery came during the survey research of a group of scientists from Turkey and a Paris museum, in Denizli, Aegean Turkey.
The scientists estimated the animals have lived at least 1.2 million years ago, which may even go back to 9 million years ago.
They said the fossils belonged to three different cavicornias and a giraffe from Miocene period, namely 7-9 million years ago, as well as mammoth, rhinoceros, horse and deer fossils from Pleistocene period of 1.2 years ago.
More:
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/9m-year-old-fossils-unearthed-in-southwestern-turkey-3508172
