The Stone Age fossils were discovered by a winemaker in Austria.
While renovating his wine cellar, a man in Austria made a discovery far older than a vintage bottle of Merlot. Instead, he discovered a rare collection ofMarking one of the most significant mammoth fossil finds in over a century in Austria, according to the Austrian Archeological Institute, researchers believe the prehistoric Stone Age bones belonged to at least three different mammoths.
"Such a dense bone layer of mammoths is rare," Hannah Parow-Souchon, who is leading the excavation said in the press release. "It's the first time we've been able to investigate something like this in Austria using modern methods."The discovery has furthered an ongoing query into how Stone Age people were able to hunt the now-extinct, giant creatures, which are members of the elephantid genus.
OeAI archaeologist Hannah Parow-Souchon explains the location of the mammoth bones to the Langenlois City Councillor for Culture Sonja Fragner and the owner of the wine cellar Andreas Pernestorfer .Researchers question if the cellar was the location where the mammoths died and if they were chased and trapped there, according to the release.The collection of fossils is currently being examined by researchers and will be sent to the Natural History Museum Vienna to undergo restoration.
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