"Tracing the Lifetime Journey of a Female Woolly Mammoth Through Ancient Alaskan Camps"
TL;DR
Scientists have retraced the journey of a female woolly mammoth named Elma from her birthplace in present-day Canada to eastern central Alaska, where she met her end around 14,000 years ago at the hands of hunter-gatherers. Elma's tusk revealed that she covered roughly 620 miles in under three years, indicating a significant movement for a single mammoth. Analysis of her tusk's chemical elements and ancient DNA provided valuable information about her diet, location, and relationships with other mammoths, shedding light on the interactions between mammoths and early Indigenous people in the region.
Topics:sciencearchaeology#alaska#ancient-dna#archaeological-site#archaeology#indigenous-people#woolly-mammoth
- 'That's a huge amount of movement for a single mammoth': Woolly female's steps retraced based on chemistry of 14000-year-old tusk Livescience.com
- An Ancient Woolly Mammoth Left a Diary in Her Tusk The New York Times
- A female woolly mammoth's lifetime movements end in an ancient Alaskan hunter-gatherer camp Science
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