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Mammoths (mother and baby) monument near road to Nadym town in Western Siberia, Russia.

Mammoth resurrection: 11 hurdles to bringing back an ice age beast

By Laura Geggel published

The road to bringing back the mammoth — a giant that went extinct at the end of the last ice age — is filled with barriers.

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Mammoth tusk excavation

Newfound Tusk Belonged to One of the Last Surviving Mammoths in Alaska

By Laura Geggel published

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This mural at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City shows woolly mammoths near the Somme River.

DNA Mutations May Have Doomed the Woolly Mammoth

By Knvul Sheikh published

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A skull and two tusk fragments from a Columbian mammoth, found in a sand it in Oklahoma.

Giant Mammoth Skull Discovered by Bulldozer Operator

By Jeanna Bryner published

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Mammoth Pelvis in Oregon

Ice-Age Mammoth Bones Found Under Oregon Football Field

By Laura Geggel published

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Butchered mammoth

Butchered Mammoth Suggests Humans Lived in Siberia 45,000 Years Ago

By Laura Geggel published

The slashed and punctured bones of a woolly mammoth suggest that humans lived in the far northern reaches of Siberia earlier than scientists had previously thought, a new study finds.

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primitive mammoth

North American Mammoths Actually Evolved in Eurasia

By Laura Geggel published

The famous Columbian mammoth — an 11-ton creature known for traversing North America during the last ice age — might actually be the same species as the Asian steppe mammoth, a new study finds.

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Illustration shows a pack of saber-toothed cats (Smilodon) fighting with adult Colombian mammoths over a juvenile mammoth they've felled.

Ancient Super-Predators Could Take Down Young Mammoths

By Charles Q. Choi published

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Watching a first

Photos: Mammoth Bones Unearthed from Michigan Farm

By Laura Geggel published

A Michigan farmer unexpectedly discovered mammoth bones on his property, buried in the soil beneath a wheat field.

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An amazing find

Ice Age Mammoth Bones Discovered on Michigan Farm

By Laura Geggel published

Two Michigan farmers made an unexpected discovery in a wheat field last week: the ice-age bones of a mammoth that was likely slaughtered by ancient humans.

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