Highlights
- Scientists in Britain discover the grave of giant mammoths
- Stone weapons made by Neanderthal humans were also found nearby.
- Scientists Probing the Connection of Weapons and Mammoths
Researchers in Britain have discovered a two-million-year-old animal cemetery in the city of Swindon in south-west England. Evidence of the burial of mammoths, a giant elephant-like creature, has also been found in this cemetery. Researchers said the mammoths buried here included a child, two juveniles and two adults. He said that all of them died during the last ice age. In addition to bones, researchers have discovered stone tools made of Neanderthal humans.
Stone weapons were also found
According to the report of Live Science, these include a one-handed ax made of stone and a knife-like weapon. This weapon was used to separate animal skin from meat. According to DigVentures, the excavation was carried out by the UK’s Crowdsourced Archaeological Organization. The team has yet to study the mammoth bones in detail to determine whether they have Neanderthal weapons on them.
Secret of finding weapons near bones
DigVentures co-founder Lisa Westcott Wilkins explained that finding mammoth bones has always been considered an extraordinary feat. Among them too, this discovery is special because these bones are very old and well preserved. Not only this, it is also a big deal to find Neanderthal stone tools near the dead bodies.
Explorers found many items from the Ice Age
He said the burial and weapons were first discovered by two amateur fossil explorers, Sally and Neville Hollingsworth. After which his team did extensive research at this place in 2019 and 2020. Archaeologists have uncovered ice age remains belonging to a species of steppe mammoth, including delicate beetle feathers, delicate freshwater snail shells and mammoth remains of mammoths, such as trunks, leg bones, ribs and spine bones.
Know about Mammoth
Woolly mammoths roamed North America and Eurasia during the Ice Age. These creatures became extinct about 10,000 years ago. Scientists still do not know what caused their extinction. Many believe that climate change and an increase in human predators were the cause. Their closest living relatives are the modern Asian elephant. The major difference between the two is only in the top texture. Mammoths had thick, shaggy coats to help them survive the cold temperatures that Asian elephants do not have.
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