Monday, December 31, 2012

Wooly mammoth skeleton found in France | Synopsis

Wooly mammoth skeleton found in France

Tyrannosaurus rex at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley
Tyrannosaurus rex at the University of California Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley by Dallas Krentzel
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Oct. 30, 2012: Archeologists working along the Changis-sur-Marne riverbank about 30 miles East of Paris unearthed the rare, near-complete skeleton of a mammoth which has been christened Helmut."AP Photo/Denis Gliksman/Inrap Oct. 30, 2012: Archeologists working along the Changis-sur-Marne riverbank about 30 miles East of Paris unearthied the rare, near-complete skeleton of a mammoth which has been christened Helmut."AP Photo/Denis Gliksman/Inrap PARIS –  Archaeologists in France have unearthed a rather hairy fossil -- a nearly complete skeleton of a mammoth. The bones -- thought to belong to a creature that roamed the earth between 200,000 and 50,000 years ago -- were discovered by accident during the excavation of an ancient Roman site 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Paris. They included four connected vertebrae and a complete pelvis.

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Country: France

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