Mammoths killed by lions taken by people, find suggests (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Ben Aviss
Reporter, BBC Nature

The discovery of a well-preserved juvenile woolly mammoth suggests that ancient humans "stole" mammoths from hunting lions, scientists say.

Bernard Buigues of the Mammuthus organisation acquired the frozen mammoth from tusk hunters in Siberia.

Scientists completed an initial assessment of the animal, known as Yuka, in March this year.

Wounds indicate that both lions and humans may have been involved in the ancient animal's death.

"Already there is dramatic evidence of a life-and-death struggle between Yuka and some top predator, probably a lion," says leading mammoth expert, Daniel Fisher, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Michigan.



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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17525070

[jberryhill]

1. We used to steal carrion

Makes pink slime seem pretty tame.

[Ter]

2. Looks like it died a week ago

n/t