5 Ice Age Mammoths Discovered Near Busy Road in England

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Near a busy road in Britain’s Cotswolds, Sally and Neville Hollingworth, a couple who spends part of their time hunting fossils, made an extraordinary find: The skeletons of five prehistoric mammoths that are about 220,000 years old.

The mammoths are in a remarkable state of preservation, with Neanderthal tools — including an axe — and the remains of elk, beetles and snails nearby. Some of the pollen and plant fossils found at the site are extinct.

5 Ice Age Mammoths Discovered Near Busy Road in England - EcoWatch
 
UK members will be able to watch Sir David Attenborough visiting this site on BBC1 at 8pm on Thursday 30th December.
 
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