Austrian man stumbles upon ‘sensational’ mammoth fossils while renovating wine cellar
by Vishwam Sankaran
May 24, 2024
2 minutes
An Austrian man has uncovered mammoth bones dating back tens of thousands of years while renovating his wine cellar, in what archaeologists are calling the most significant fossil find of its kind in over a century.
The “sensational” discovery has been dated by experts using stone artifacts and charcoal found at the site, which suggest that the mammoth bones are between 30,000 and 40,000 years old.
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