Scientists Stunned as "Mammoth" Fossils in Alaska Expose a Totally Different Ice Age Giant!
Indian Defence Review••science
Key Points:
- Fossils discovered in the 1950s near Fairbanks, Alaska, and long thought to be mammoth remains have been re-identified as belonging to two ancient whale species through recent research.
- Radiocarbon dating showed the bones were between 1,854 and 2,731 years old, much younger than mammoths, prompting further investigation using stable isotope and DNA analyses.
- Stable isotope analysis indicated marine origins for the fossils, with nitrogen and carbon ratios matching those of ocean-dwelling animals rather than terrestrial mammals.
- DNA sequencing confirmed the fossils belonged to a minke whale and a North Pacific right whale, overturning decades-old assumptions about their identity.
- The discovery raises questions about how these marine mammals ended up far inland in
