Fossil woolly mammoth tusk on a handmade stand (museum...

Beautiful original complete tusk of museum-quality with impressive roots, originating from a woolly mammoth. This tusk is mounted on a handmade wooden pedestal. This tusk was recovered from a part of the North Sea that formerly was Doggerland. Doggerland, also known as the “Atlantis of the North Sea,” was an expansive area that connected England with continental Europe. This region was inhabited by humans for nearly a million years. During the Ice Ages, when sea levels were low, Doggerland lay dry and was a fertile hunting ground for Neanderthals and later modern humans. The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) was an extinct elephant species that lived during the Pleistocene. This mammoth was well adapted to cold climates with its thick coat of long hair, ranging from blond and reddish-brown to dark brown and black. They also had a thick layer of fat for extra insulation. Woolly mammoths stood about 2.7 to 3.4 meters tall, comparable to the modern African elephant. They lived in herds on the vast mammoth steppe, a cold, dry grassland that stretched from Europe to North America.

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