Archaeological Dig Uncovers Mammoth, Tools in West Flanders
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Archaeological Dig Uncovers Mammoth, Tools in West Flanders

Roeselare : Belgium | May 09, 2011 at 5:08 AM PDT
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Belgian nature (west-flanders)

An archaeological dig in West Flanders, Belgium has uncovered the remains of a mammoth, a wild horse, and a wisent, along with some manmade tools.

A wisent is a European wood bison and the heaviest surviving land animal in Europe today.

The find is estimated to be about 12,000 years old. Archaeologist Jozef Goderis explained the importance of these remains: "The find shows that there was human habitation at this date. We are now trying to reconstruct the landscape and discover which animals lived here all those years ago."

Little is known about the West Flanders region at that time. The remains were dug up in Roeselare near a clay quarry.

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Posted By prabirghose prabirghose | about 2 years ago
thanks for sharing this bit of interesting news ... rated UP .....
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Posted By lgraessle Laurie Graessle | about 2 years ago
That is fascinating that they would make this kind of discovery. Rated up!
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Posted By skooter skooter | about 2 years ago
This mean to say, mammoth and other animals were already domesticated by humans some 12,000 years ago. An amazing findings. Keep digging then.
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Posted By mhatter99 Martin Kloess | about 2 years ago
Nicely Written, thank you
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Posted By BMcPherson BMcPherson | about 2 years ago
That's a huge animal. Never heard of a wisenet. There's got to be an opportunity for some puns there.
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Reply By themerryonion Marion Lougheed | about 2 years ago
I never heard of a wisent either before learning of this. You learn something new every day. I agree about the puns!
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Posted By MichelleDevlin MichelleDevlin | about 2 years ago
wisent? weally? never heard of it either! very interesting news thank you merry!
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Posted By RaulDeSouza RaulDeSouza | about 2 years ago
I think that soon with their DNA's we will have our own mammoths.
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