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"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 ...
"Dr Adrian Lister, a mammoth expert from University College London, has carried out a preliminary analysis of the skull.
"The mammoth was an elderly female between 25 and 40 years old, which probably weighed between four and five tonnes.
"The tusks, which would have been up to 2.4m (eight feet) long, were missing from the skull and the experts now plan to look for these in the quarry, which is currently flooded due to rain."
Full text at the BBC
"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 ...
"Dr Adrian Lister, a mammoth expert from University College London, has carried out a preliminary analysis of the skull.
"The mammoth was an elderly female between 25 and 40 years old, which probably weighed between four and five tonnes.
"The tusks, which would have been up to 2.4m (eight feet) long, were missing from the skull and the experts now plan to look for these in the quarry, which is currently flooded due to rain."
Full text at the BBC
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