Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

The mammoth’s tusk at the excavation site in Taimering, Germany. (BLfD via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

A recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters around 25,000 years ago, according to new research.

Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

The mammoth’s tusk in the paleontological preparation laboratory of the Bavarian State Collections of Natural History. (K. Hagemann / SNSB via SWNS)

Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

Recovery of the first left rib from the mammoth’s ribcage. (BLfD via SWNS)

Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

The mammoth’s tusk in the paleontological preparation laboratory of the Bavarian State Collections of Natural History. (K. Hagemann / SNSB via SWNS)

Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

View of the excavation site; the mammoth’s bones and tusk are marked in yellow. (Kreisarchäologie Landshut, edited by BLfD via SWNS)

Recently discovered woolly mammoth was likely butchered by Ice Age hunters

A staff member of the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments (BLfD) recovering the mammoth’s tusk. (BLfD via SWNS)

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