Detecting curly feather mammoths in soybean fields

A farmer in Michigan, the United States unknowingly dug up the relatively complete skeleton of curly feather mammoths that died between 11,000 and 15,000 years in a soybean field.

Detecting mammoth bones 15,000 years ago

On Monday, James Bristle - the farmer who discovered the skeleton - was with a friend of his own to dig up in the soybean field in the town of Lima, Michigan, USA. They found out and tried to pull up something curved, covered with mud and seemed like an old fence. However, they immediately thought that 'it was something very unusual', so it informed the authorities.

On Wednesday, Professor Daniel Fisher from the University of Michigan went to the scene to verify the 'strange object'. And through the survey, he believed it was a skeleton of a mammoth who died between 11,000 and 15,000 years ago . Most mammoths were extinct from 10,000 years ago, but some small populations continued to exist for a while longer.

Professor Fisher said: 'We received news 1, 2 times a year about findings like this. " But most are fossils of mastodons (a member of the genus extinct Ma.) sucking but different from curly-haired mammoths The discovery of curly hairs is a bit unusual and they are more closely related to modern elephants.

However, scientists have not yet rushed to unearth all the elephant bones from the mud, but want to delve into the context of this field. A special feature of this skeleton is that it is very complete (only missing back limbs, feet and some other parts) than most bones previously found in Michigan and surrounding areas. On the other hand, because it has not been dug up, it will be an opportunity for scientists to study more carefully.

Currently, Professor Fisher believes there is evidence that humans interacted with this elephant in the past."We think people have an impact on this animal," he said. You can exploit meat from it even if you don't kill it yourself. I also see evidence of elephant meat mining in the excavation area and that is basically a matter of storing meat . ' Scientists believe that the skeleton will provide more information to have more leaks. Other new shows in the future.