The international group of scientists found out the details about Mamonta, who lived 17 thousand years ago in Alaska. They determined that the animal has lived for 28 years and for this period managed to overcome the distance sufficient in order to turn the earth twice. This is reported in an article published in the SCIENCE journal.
Paleontologists revealed the mammoth’s mystery, analyzing the isotopic composition of strontium and oxygen in the fossil remains stored at the North Museum at the University of Alaska. For analysis, scientists took samples along a longitudinally cut Mammoth’s tank, which grew throughout his life and reached a length of 1.7 meters. This allowed them to compare the diet of the animal with the isotopic characteristics of those areas where it visited.
Mammoth died on the northern slope of Alaska for the polar circle. Scientists have reconstructed all the way to this point, having studied the teeth of hundreds of small rodents from all over Alaska stored in the collections of the museum. Small animals move on relatively small distances during their lives and are local isotopic signals. Thus, a Map of the likely way was received, which Mammoth had done in his entire lives.
A sharp shift in the isotopic beyption signature of about 15 years is probably due to the fact that the mammoth was expelled from the herd, which resembles a picture observed in modern elephants. The death of the animal could lead hunger, which indicates the growth of nitrogen isotopes in the last winter of his life.