EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave are uncovered that extends the 10-million-year-old structure to at least 420 miles long Explorers have uncovered eight additional miles of passageways inside Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave The discovery brings the system to at least 420 miles long and officials say there could be more to find The 10-million-year-old cave was … Read more
If you want a vehicle that can hit 60mph in less than 3.5 seconds you don’t need to buy a low-slung, spine-twisting supercar. Instead, you can have all the creature comforts and loading space of a pick-up. That’s because US hypercar brand Hennessy has just unveiled its latest model – the Mammoth 1000 TRX. The … Read more
David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints Painter told … Read more
The morning after the BLIGHT before: Litter-pickers begin mammoth task of clearing beer cans, food cartons and laughing gas canisters left by Easter Sunday revellers Primrose Hill – known for awe-inspiring view across central London – one of the green spaces to be affected Came as Britons packed beaches and parks on Easter Sunday to … Read more
Although woolly mammoths have not roamed the Earth for thousands of years, their remains are still being uncovered around the world – and a recent find may be one-of-a-kind. A miner in Alaska stumbled upon a tusk that belonged to a beast some 30,000 years ago, but the elongated tooth’s natural brownish coloring was intertwined … Read more
Woolly mammoths roamed what is now New England 12,800 years ago and a new study suggests they shared the landscape with the first humans who arrived in the region some 10,500 years ago. A team from Dartmouth College used radiocarbon dating on a rib fragment from the Mount Holly mammoth uncovered in Vermont in 1848, … Read more
Woolly mammoths would have lived another 4,000 years in some parts of Eurasia if it weren’t for human hunters, according to a new study. Australian experts performed computer simulations of woolly mammoth interactions with humans and climates based on evidence from fossils and ancient DNA. The findings suggested a warming climate forced them further north into smaller … Read more
The world’s oldest DNA is 1.2 million years old and comes from a previously unknown genetic lineage of mammoth, called the Krestovka mammoth, a new study reveals. Researchers analysed genomes from three ancient mammoths, using DNA recovered from mammoth teeth buried in Siberian permafrost. One genome dated back 1.2 million years and has been named the … Read more
‘He’s the biggest he’s ever been’: Chris Hemsworth’s body double says he’s struggling to keep up with Thor actor’s huge size… even eating seven meals a DAY By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:49 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 01:51 GMT, 8 February 2021 He risks his life by playing Chris Hemsworth‘s … Read more
Two fossil-hunting brothers have found a huge prehistoric bone that once belonged to either a straight-tusked elephant or the extinct mammoth. Joe Furguson, 28, and Luke Furguson, 30, found the 3 feet, 3 inch (1 metre) humerus bone near Brighstone Bay on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight. The astonishing find – which was sticking … Read more