Rancher Finds Colossal Columbian Mammoth in Riverbed, Could Be 20,000 Years Old

Rancher Finds Colossal Columbian Mammoth in Riverbed, Could Be 20,000 Years Old
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One Montana cattle rancher was ecstatic when an enormous Colombian mammoth’s skeleton, estimated to be as old as 20,000 years, was unearthed from his property. This amazing find could help shed light on how the mammoths once lived and died out.

While an angler was strolling along the Powder River in southeastern Montana in the United States, he came across several huge bones protruding from the soil of the riverbank.

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