Mammoth exhibition 39,000 years ago

Visitors to Taipei, Taiwan can visit a mammoth specimen about 3m long. It was a 10-year-old smooth-haired elephant named Yuka. Its body was discovered in Siberia in 2010.

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This animal is thought to live prehistoric 39,000 years ago. The mammoth corpse was perfectly preserved in the frozen land and when discovered it was handed over to scientists. Visitors can see this huge animal at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall from November 8, 2013.

Previously scientists have collected quite a lot of bones of this species but Yuka is a special case because its body is quite complete. In the Ice Age, the image of the mammoth was pretty much painted in caves in the northern hemisphere. Humans are one of the causes of the extinction of this elephant. Yuka seemed to escape the hunter but broke her leg and died from many other injuries. The Daily Mail news page quoted Professor Daniel Fisher at the University of Michigan as saying that there is a vestige of the struggle for survival between Yuka and a group of lions, not necessarily murdered by humans.

The research document shows that mammoths evolved from African elephants into the Ice Age, its size was twice that of elephants today and can weigh up to 8 tons. Long, curved fangs help them fight off enemies and find food that is covered with snow and ice. Professor Adrian Lister, who works for the Natural History Museum, said he used to find fossil bones and teeth of this species. Particularly the case of quite complete bodies such as Yuka is very rare, it is buried in the far northern region of Siberia cold land.