Hundreds of years ago, a hodgepodge of incomplete animal skeletons were arranged together into what is now called the ...

"For now, based on comparison with other specimens in the national collection, we can say with reasonable certainty that this is part of a mammoth leg bone," he said. "We won't know for certain ...

The mammoth being unearthed appears to be a male, because bone growth plates take longer to fuse in males. He likely was about 40 years old when it died with a front leg growth plate still unfused.

DigVentures The team recovered bones including tusks, leg bones, ribs and vertebrae belonging to a species of Steppe mammoth Duncan Wilson, chief Executive of Historic England, said: "This ...