The remains of a woolly mammoth, a woolly rhinoceros, a virtually complete wolf skeleton, and the partial remains of a hyena, horse, reindeer, mountain hare and red fox have been discovered in a cave in Devon and are thought to date to the last ice age, around 30,000 to 60,000 years ago.
The discovery has come to light during work to develop an area of land in an area near old lime kilns and a quarry into a 5,500 house new town.
The bones are now with the academics for study, but are expected to go to Plymouth’s The Box museum.
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Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60234766
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/february/woolly-mammoth-rhino-among-ice-age-animals-discovered-devon-cave.html
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/feb/03/remains-of-woolly-mammoth-found-on-devon-building-site