Ice Age Mystery: Taimering Mammoth Was Likely Butchered by Hunters and Gatherers

News on the woolly mammoth from Taimering (Bavaria, Germany): The mammoth, discovered in 2020, was buried in a former Ice Age pond after its death. Pollen findings and radiocarbon dating confirm that the mammoth lived and died during the harsh conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum. Cut marks on several ribs suggest that Palaeolithic humans tampered with the carcass. An interdisciplinary research team initiated by SNSB palaeontologist Gertrud Rößner and FAU geographer Christoph Mayr is now presenting the results of its scientific investigations in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

Quelle: IDW Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

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