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It is ideal Mammoth country ... A whole mammoth frozen for ten-thousand years. Professor Vereshchagin, leader of Siberian expeditions, televised interview
In 1977 Soviet gold-miners found a baby mammoth in almost perfect condition. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World, ITV 1980
The woolly mammoth: these majestic titans ruled Europe and Asia long before our own ancestors fell under their spell. Professor Alice Roberts, Woolly Mammoths: Secrets from the Ice, BBC 2012
Prehistoric carcasses are emerging. ibid.
Why did these magnificent animals suddenly go extinct? ibid.
A tiny population survived on a remote island till about four thousand years ago. ibid.
I have a book of buildings from 25,000 B.C. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter. Ben Nicholson
Q) Why were the Mammoths thrown out of the swimming pool?
A) Because they couldn’t keep their trunks up! Anonymous