Mammoth fossils in Siberia
Saw this video yesterday on the "How Stuff Works" website. It shows a crazy number of mammoth fossils being unearthed in Siberia (due to thawing of the permafrost there). I was kind of astonished how casually the fossils were being treated: at one point, a Russian scientist takes two mammoth teeth and grinds them together with vegetation in between, to demonstrate how they chewed. This strikes me as kind of rough treatment for specimens like this.
Labels: fossils, global warming, tv
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I agree. You should never treat fossils in such a cavalier manner. The only reason those are holding up so well is because they are very well preserved (perhaps even a lot of organics are still present). I hate to think about how many fossils have been damaged by such treatment (not to mention the horror of SELLING! fossils).
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