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Tag Archives: Woolly Mammoth
An elephant shakes a tree
Mammoths get all the attention. Like an annoying younger sibling, they hog a limelight that should be more equally shared. Occasionally, the mastodon gets a whisp of publicity, which is notable mostly for its rarity. The vast family of proboscideans … Continue reading
Posted in Columbian Mammoth, Deinotherium, Extinction, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Palaeoloxodon, Stegodon, Steppe Mammoth, Woolly Mammoth
Tagged African Bush Elephant, African Elephant, African Forest Elephant, ancient DNA, Asian Elephant, Hippopotamus, Mastodon, Merck’s rhinoceros, Palaeoloxodon antiquus, Stegodon, Stegomastodon, Woolly Mammoth
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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? A true story of the real Palaeolithic diet!
Food Warning: This blog contains (research by people who are) nuts (about ancient animals and peoples). How do you eat an elephant? The old motivational question is answered by ‘one bite at a time’. The same thing could perhaps be said … Continue reading
Mini-beasts, giants, and mega-floods
I have a little link to the time before the English Channel formed 450,000 years ago. Almost every day in the last academic year, a PhD student has been working in my office. He is investigating the environment and ecology … Continue reading
Posted in Mega-flood
Tagged Cave Lion, Happisburgh, Harold Hems, Helophorus strigifrons, Homo antecessor, Homo errectus, Homo heidelbergensis, Homotherium, Jan Freedman, Mammuthus trogontherii, Margret Hems, Natural History Museum London, Norfolk Museum and Archaeology Service, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Sabre tooth cat, Steppe Mammoth, Tori Herridge, TrowelBlazers, Walking Through Time, West Runton Freshwater Beds, Woolly Mammoth
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Time capsules from the Ice Age
It is late August, and the weather is turning cold. Very cold. A little chubby arctic ground squirrel bounds at surprising speed across the prairie. It pauses briefly, standing on those two short little back legs. Ears twitching, listening. There … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic Ground Squirrel
Tagged Arctic Ground Squirrel, Jan Freedman, Spermophilus parryii, Woolly Mammoth
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Survivors
One of the wonderful reasons Twilight Beasts are so dear to us is because most are just downright weird. The peculiar llama with a trunk, dogs with teeth as strong as a hyena, and an armadillo that looked like an igloo were just … Continue reading
From the bones of giants
One day in 1443, a mason chiselled the letters “A. E. I. O. U.” on a giant bone which hung from the gates of the bustling city of Vienna. The mason was not making sure they never forgot their vowels … Continue reading
Posted in Cave art
Tagged Acheulean Industry, Ayla, Bison, cave art, Horse, Jan Freedman, Jean Auel, Jondalar, Knapping, löwenmensch, Mammoth, reindeer, Woolly Mammoth
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A test of time
Nothing beats the thrill of holding a fossil in the palm of my hand. Feeling the smooth cold surface gently resting on the top of my bare skin instantly transports me back to the time that creature was alive: for … Continue reading
The last trumpet of a giant
“The Columbian Mammoth of North America, Mammuthus columbi, is hereby designated as the official fossil of the state of Washington.” And so it was written. In 1998 the Washington State Legislature recognised the Columbian Mammoth as their official state fossil. The decision was not easy. … Continue reading
Posted in Columbian Mammoth
Tagged Bering Strait, Christopher Columbus, Columbian Mammoth, Cuvieronius tropicus, Dire Wolf, giant short-faced bear, Gompothere, Hugh Falconer, Imperial Mammoth, Island Dwarfism, Mammut americanum, Mammuthus exilis, Mammuthus imperator, Mammuthus meridionalis, Mammuthus primigenius, Mastodon, Proboscideans, Smilodon, Southern Mammoth, State Fossil, Woolly Mammoth
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Land of the Giants
There are tales that Giants roamed our lands. Gigantic bones enigmatically poking out of the ground have, until fairly recently, led to some wonderful creations of mythical creatures. With a relatively unexplored world and with only a handful of animals known … Continue reading
Buttercup the Mammoth
Woolly Mammoths are the most well-known, and most well-loved, of all Ice Age animals. Their great size along with their long, shaggy hair has hit the ‘cute chord’ in the hearts of many. Humans have a strong emotional connection with elephants … Continue reading
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