Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Remains of five Ice Age mammoths discovered at Serbian coal mine

[Scotsman]  Serbian archaeologists have discovered a rare mammoth field containing the remains of at least five of the giant beasts that lived tens of thousands of years ago. The discovery at the Kostolac coal mine, east of the Serbian capital of Belgrade, is the first of its kind in the region. It could offer important insight into the Ice Age in the Balkans