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Austrian man discovers mammoth bones in wine cellar
BBC News ^ | May 22, 2024 | Bethany Bell

Posted on 05/24/2024 5:18:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

A man who was renovating his wine cellar in Austria has made an extraordinary discovery. It wasn't a vintage red or white - but the remains of prehistoric mammoths...

The winemaker, Andreas Pernerstorfer, came across a number of huge bones, buried deep in his wine cellar in the village of Gobelsburg, in the district of Krems, west of Vienna.

He reported his find to the authorities, who identified them as the bones of at least three Stone Age mammoths...

"I thought it was just a piece of wood left by my grandfather. But then I dug it out a bit and then I remembered that in the past my grandfather said he had found teeth. And then I immediately thought it was a mammoth," he said...

The Institute says the last time there was a comparable discovery was 150 years ago, also in the district of Krems.

"During the excavation there, the cellars in question were completely cleared out. Other comparable sites in Austria and neighbouring countries were mostly excavated at least 100 years ago and have largely been lost to modern research," it said in a statement...

Researchers say the discovery raises questions about how Stone Age people hunted mammoths.

"We know that humans hunted mammoths, but we still know very little about how they did it," Ms Parow-Souchon said.

They believe the mammoths could have died on the spot where the bones were found - chased there by humans who may have set a trap for them.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: austria; dietandcuisine; godsgravesglyphs; mammoth; mammoths
Archaeologists preparing the bones for recovery
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1 posted on 05/24/2024 5:18:58 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: algore; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Thanks for link.

2 posted on 05/24/2024 5:20:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did the bones improve with age?


3 posted on 05/24/2024 5:20:58 AM PDT by Leep (Leftardism strikes 1 in 5.)
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To: SunkenCiv

4 posted on 05/24/2024 5:24:40 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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"We know that humans hunted mammoths, but we still know very little about how they did it," Ms Parow-Souchon said.

Well obviously they hunted them in wine cellars. Probably trapped them there with the prospect of some cheap wine and speared the poor drunken devils.

5 posted on 05/24/2024 5:25:02 AM PDT by BipolarBob (it's easier to fool the people than to convince them they've been fooled.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Rennes Templar
Austrian man:

"I thought it was just a piece of wood left by my grandfather. But then I dug it out a bit and then I remembered that in the past my grandfather said he had found teeth..."

Ötzi called. He wants his dentures back.

6 posted on 05/24/2024 5:26:28 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: SunkenCiv

Aren’t our Ru$$ian pals trying to bring back some of these species via cloning? I thought I read something about that somewhere.


7 posted on 05/24/2024 5:28:18 AM PDT by Scarlett156 (Those who post about f31onious acts on here like they're condoning/participating.....look out....)
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To: Ezekiel

I know it’s a wine cellar, but maybe there’s a potential name for an aged spirit-
“Old Woolly Bones?”
My marketing sense isn’t that good🙄


8 posted on 05/24/2024 5:33:12 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Leep

The mammoth was served with a white wine sauce. This guy’s just carrying on a tradition without having known it.


9 posted on 05/24/2024 5:36:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: telescope115
My marketing sense isn’t that good

It's okay. You can chill easy, FRiend.

Ötzi, aka the...


10 posted on 05/24/2024 5:37:20 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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To: SunkenCiv

“...and how he got there I’ll never know.”


11 posted on 05/24/2024 5:38:14 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Mammoths drank wine?

Science is so amazing.


12 posted on 05/24/2024 5:44:29 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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The owner shot them in his pajamas.

How they got in his pajamas he’ll never know.


13 posted on 05/24/2024 5:48:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Ezekiel

🙂


14 posted on 05/24/2024 6:21:10 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: SunkenCiv

Did they also find the Cask of Amontillado with the bones?


15 posted on 05/24/2024 11:46:14 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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