Read more Mammoth stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/37609/mammoth.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62189/climate-change-not-humans-killed-mammoths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish scientists believe climate change did more than spear-wielding humans to wipe out the woolly mammoth in Europe, the Guardian reports. New tests have revealed that the mammoths roamed northern Europe until 14,000 years ago, much later than had been thought. Researchers believe the animals died out as the...http://www.newser.com/story/62189/climate-change-not-humans-killed-mammoths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 9:46:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nearly perfectly preserved 37,000-year-old baby mammoth is giving up tantalizing secrets about her species, scientists report. The creature, dubbed Lyuba by researchers, still sports clumps of hair and eyelashes, according to the Telegraph . Scientists have been able to examine stomach contents and the mineral makeup of the bones...http://www.newser.com/story/57906/baby-mammoth-gives-up-secrets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 8:50:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51121/la-unearths-mammoth-fossil-stash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorkers digging up an underground Los Angeles parking garage have unearthed the biggest cache of fossils from the last Ice Age ever discovered, including a nearly intact mammoth skeleton, reports the Los Angeles Times . Researchers have lifted huge chunks of earth from the site adjacent to the La Brea tar...http://www.newser.com/story/51121/la-unearths-mammoth-fossil-stash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 8:24:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49347/comet-might-not-have-killed-mammoths-after-all-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew evidence undermines the theory that the impact from a comet killed off the woolly mammoth and enough humans to end the prehistoric Clovis culture, the BBC reports. Supporters of the impact theory point to a planet-wide rash of wildfires, but while a new analysis of sediment under North American...http://www.newser.com/story/49347/comet-might-not-have-killed-mammoths-after-all-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Jan 2009 15:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47958/tusk-of-rare-pygmy-mammoth-found-on-calif-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA tusk that may belong to a rare pygmy mammoth, a dwarf version of the giant elephant-like mammal that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago, has been found on Santa Cruz Island off California, reports the Los Angeles Times . The 4-foot-long tusk, more than 10,000 years old, was...http://www.newser.com/story/47958/tusk-of-rare-pygmy-mammoth-found-on-calif-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 6:19:01 CST