He had discovered one of the richest Ice Age fossil beds in the world, and the only known nursery herd of Columbian mammoths. These animals died in a single event—probably a flood 70,000 years ago. In ...

Last year, the ancient remains of an estimated 40-year-old male Columbian mammoth—which included a skull, a portion of an arm, and spinal bones—were discovered at a Central Texas lake.

and is the nation’s first and only recorded evidence of a nursery herd of ice age Columbian mammoths. Columbian mammoths are ...

especially giant Columbian mammoths, were a major source of food during that time. One mammoth could provide enough meat to feed a group of people, including children, women who cared for them ...

“Megafauna, especially the massive Columbian mammoths, offered substantial amounts ... This highly mobile and nomadic group is known for artefacts such as large stone spear points designed ...

An international team, including the Museum’s Prof Adrian Lister, has sequenced DNA recovered from mammoth remains that are up to 1.2 million years old The analyses show that the Columbian mammoth ...