Three days ago on October ninth, two Michigan farmers found the remains of an adult male wooly mammoth that had existed approximately eleven thousand seven hundred to fifteen thousand years ago! However, based off of the scientists from Michigan University, this wooly mammoth was slaughtered by early humans who had been hunting fifteen thousand years ago. These scientists say that these early humans must have slaughtered the animal for its meat, stashing it in a pond nearby for later. Also, scientists extubated three large stones that they thought were used to hold down the large beast. Moreover, the excubitors managed to remove a set of tusks, the pelvis, ribs, countless vertebrae and both shoulder blades of the mammoth. The rest of the mammoth's remains such as the feet and legs were not found and could be buried somewhere else underground. Also, the analysts keep a close look out for any marking or scars on the bones that may indicate early human activity. This mammoth is now another clue closer to finding the valuable information on early humans and their society. Not only that, but it may lead to an explanation as to what might have caused mammoths to become abolished from this earth, forever.
Furthermore, science has yet to figure out what might have caused an epidemic extinction of these creatures. Yet as years go by more and more excavations are being made, mostly in Michigan and it brings more evidence and theories to mind. For example, in May 2013, colleagues from the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, found a wooly mammoth carcass in Siberia. This frozen carcass had tissue and blood that preserved very well; however, it’s still indecisive on whether or not these things could produce actual DNA. In addition, this displays the rarity of mammoth carcasses and mammoth bones throughout our generation.
In my opinion, this article that I’ve found on www.livescience.com, gives me inquisitive feelings about wooly mammoths in general. In my previous years of learning and researching I haven’t found anything compelling in animal science. However, the very thought of something that had roamed on this earth thousands of years ago is magnificent. I personally comply with the scientists from Michigan’s university on the fact that this wooly mammoth was slaughtered for food. Yet, it might not have been human activity that has caused this prodigious beast to die. It might have been wolves or other animals that may have attacked this lone beast. Yet again, I agree with the fact that early humans have done this to the wooly mammoth.
Questions:
Furthermore, science has yet to figure out what might have caused an epidemic extinction of these creatures. Yet as years go by more and more excavations are being made, mostly in Michigan and it brings more evidence and theories to mind. For example, in May 2013, colleagues from the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, found a wooly mammoth carcass in Siberia. This frozen carcass had tissue and blood that preserved very well; however, it’s still indecisive on whether or not these things could produce actual DNA. In addition, this displays the rarity of mammoth carcasses and mammoth bones throughout our generation.
In my opinion, this article that I’ve found on www.livescience.com, gives me inquisitive feelings about wooly mammoths in general. In my previous years of learning and researching I haven’t found anything compelling in animal science. However, the very thought of something that had roamed on this earth thousands of years ago is magnificent. I personally comply with the scientists from Michigan’s university on the fact that this wooly mammoth was slaughtered for food. Yet, it might not have been human activity that has caused this prodigious beast to die. It might have been wolves or other animals that may have attacked this lone beast. Yet again, I agree with the fact that early humans have done this to the wooly mammoth.
Questions:
- Can the scientists from Michigan University really identify what caused this mammoth to perish?
- What will happen next? Will these scientists ask to extubate around the area for the rest of the mammoths bones? Or will they leave it as it is?
Work cited:
Geggel, Laura. "Ice Age Mammoth Bones Discovered on Michigan Farm."LiveScience. TechMedia Network, 9 Oct. 2015. Web. 12 Oct. 2015. <http://www.livescience.com/52440-mammoth-discovered-on-michigan-farm.html>.
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