A Record Amount of Mammoth Bones Was Unearthed in Siberia

(via Atlas Obscura)  This past summer, paleontologists from Siberia’s Tomsk State University took a pilgrimage to Mamontovoye Village, armed with picks and shovels. They carried out their planned dig, finding a typical array of interesting bones. Just as they were about to leave for home, they figured they’d dig just a little deeper. And then they hit the jackpot: the densest mammoth graveyard ever found.