40,000-Years-Old Massive Mammoth Skull Discovered in Texas

40,000-Years-Old Massive Mammoth Skull Discovered in Texas

Skeleton of Mammuthus columbi on display at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. Credit: Jonathan Chen / CC BY-SA 4.0 A massive Columbian mammoth skull has been unearthed at a sand and gravel site in Ellis County, Texas, marking one of the most significant Ice Age discoveries in the region. The fossil, though not fully intact, is the largest specimen ever found at the site, according to researchers. The newly discovered mammoth is estimated …