University of Michigan: Mastodon Tusk Chemical Analysis Reveals First Evidence of One Extinct Animal's Annual Migration
June 14, 2022
June 14, 2022
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first study to document the annual migration of an individual animal from an extinct species.
The 8-ton adult, known as the Buesching mastodon, was killed when an opponent punct . . .
Around 13,200 years ago, a roving male mastodon died in a bloody mating-season battle with a rival in what today is northeast Indiana, nearly 100 miles from his home territory, according to the first study to document the annual migration of an individual animal from an extinct species.
The 8-ton adult, known as the Buesching mastodon, was killed when an opponent punct . . .