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Mysteriously Young ‘Mammoth’ Fossils Discovered in Alaska Turned Out to Be Whale Bones
When researchers learned the fossils were merely 1,900 to 2,700 years old—which would be the youngest woolly mammoth fossils ...
Was the confusion due to a filing error, or is it possible that whale specimens made their way 300 miles inland to Dome City?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In the downtown ivory shops, alongside whale baleen baskets and walrus tusk statuettes, tourists finger curios made from the fossils of shaggy Ice Age beasts that died on the ...
Scientists from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks made an exciting discover at Denali National Park. Dinosaur fossils were found for the first time in the park north of Anchorage. The find was ...
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Youngest mammoth fossils ever found turn out to be whales 400 kilometers from the coast
A pair of woolly mammoth vertebrae in Alaska have been dated to around 2,000 years old, making them by far the most recent evidence for the existence of this extinct beast ever recorded. However, upon ...
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Scientists uncover fossil of giant insect
Scientists have recently discovered the fossil of a giant insect, providing a fascinating glimpse into a prehistoric world where such creatures roamed the Earth. This remarkable find offers new ...
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