Saturday, January 31, 2004
BBC NEWS: Complete mammoth skull unearthed:
"The skull seems to have belonged to an elderly female mammoth
A complete mammoth skull has been unearthed in southern England, only the second to be found in Britain.
The specimen was discovered in a gravel pit in the Cotswolds and is estimated to be about 50,000 years old.
The only other complete specimen found in the UK is displayed in the Natural History Museum. "
"The skull seems to have belonged to an elderly female mammoth
A complete mammoth skull has been unearthed in southern England, only the second to be found in Britain.
The specimen was discovered in a gravel pit in the Cotswolds and is estimated to be about 50,000 years old.
The only other complete specimen found in the UK is displayed in the Natural History Museum. "
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