Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth

A mammoth’s life Fossils have long given us glimpses of the life that came before us, but these glimpses are generally static. They tell us a bit about species that lived, but not much about how they lived. Evolving techniques are deepening our viewpoint. Wooller et al . examined isotopes collected...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Wooller, Matthew J., Bataille, Clement, Druckenmiller, Patrick, Erickson, Gregory M., Groves, Pamela, Haubenstock, Norma, Howe, Timothy, Irrgeher, Johanna, Mann, Daniel, Moon, Katherine, Potter, Ben A., Prohaska, Thomas, Rasic, Jeffrey, Reuther, Joshua, Shapiro, Beth, Spaleta, Karen J., Willis, Amy D.
Other Authors: National Science Foundation, MJ Murdock Charitable Trust, Crown Property Bureau
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021
Subjects:
Arctic
The Tusk
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg1134
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.abg1134
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.abg1134
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Summary:A mammoth’s life Fossils have long given us glimpses of the life that came before us, but these glimpses are generally static. They tell us a bit about species that lived, but not much about how they lived. Evolving techniques are deepening our viewpoint. Wooller et al . examined isotopes collected from the tusk of a 17,000-year-old mammoth to elucidate his movements from birth to death. This included his time—likely with a herd—as an infant and juvenile, then as a prime age adult, and then a declining senior over his approximately 28-year life span. —SNV

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