Archaeologists and paleontologists have unearthed five 200,000-year-old, ice-age mammoths—two adults, two juveniles and one infant—in the Cotswolds region of England. “This is one of the most important discoveries in British paleontology,” says evolutionary biologist Professor Ben Garrod. “We have evidence of what the landscape was like. The little things are really revealing the context of these big, iconic giants. Image courtesy of Julian Schwanitz/BBC/Windfall Films

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2021 19:19 UTC