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North America, Northwestern United States, Alaska, present day Alaska, Pliocene, ca. 100,000 to 10,000 years ago. A large, fossilized bone from the leg of a woolly mammoth, one of the most famous prehistoric animals! This is the ulna, from the front leg, running from the "elbow" to the foot, the notched jointed area was where the humerus bone would have rested. This bone truly gives a great perspective of these giant animals! Size: 17" L x 8" W (43.2 cm x 20.3 cm)

The name mammoth comes from a Siberian word used to describe the tusks found there by native people, like the Khanty of the Irtysh River basin, and traded to Europe and China. Their occasional finds of massive tusks and even preserved mammoth bodies in the permafrost - often eroding out of the sides of riverbanks - led to their folkloric belief that mammoths were like huge rodents, dwelling underground, dying when they accidentally surfaced. With the invention of science as a discipline, massive fossils like this one continued to capture imaginations all over the world - for example, Thomas Jefferson, who was fascinated by paleontology, is credited with introducing the use of the word mammoth as an adjective to describe something very large.

Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado USA collection

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#175998

  • Condition: Large fragment of a bone as shown. Natural ossification and pitting. Modern paint flecks on surface. No repairs or restoration.

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