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Quarry workers make prehistoric discovery while on the job

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Quarry workers make prehistoric discovery while on the job

Workers in Central Asia made a “mammoth” discovery earlier this month. Laborers came across the bones of an ancient mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture explained that the remains were found in “the sandy areas of the ancient floodplain of the Jyrgalang River.” Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country surrounded by Uzbekistan, … Read more

Fossil hunter spots 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk while at quarry: ‘Sticking out like a sore thumb’

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Fossil hunter spots 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk while at quarry: ‘Sticking out like a sore thumb’

A fossil hunter found a 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk while on a recent visit to a local quarry.  Jamie Jordan, 33, was at a quarry in Cambridgeshire, near Peterborough, England, roughly 75 miles north of London, when he spotted something notable in the rubble.  The four-foot-long mammoth tusk was “sticking out like a sore thumb,” he told SWNS. “I could … Read more