Baby Woolly Mammoth Cast Skull - Mammuthus sp. cast replica - Pleistocene - Eastern Siberia, Russia

Baby Woolly Mammoth Cast Skull - Mammuthus sp. cast replica - Pleistocene - Eastern Siberia, Russia

Lot No: 1111. A research quality cast replica of a baby mammoth skull from the Pleistocene which was discovered in Siberia, Russia. Early man hunted Woolly Mammoths for food and clothing, and likenesses of these Ice Age animals have been found in cave paintings in Europe. Some scientists have speculated that the extinction of the Woolly Mammoth was at least partly due to human hunting. Measures 23 x 13 x 10in  Estimate: $600 - 800
Corresponds to lot #1112, the Baby Woolly Mammoth Jaw, which is an authentic fossil from the same specimen from which the present cast skull was produced.

Baby Woolly Mammoth Jaw - Mammuthus sp. - Pleistocene - Eastern Siberia, Russia

Lot No: 1112. Closely related to today’s Asian elephant, the now-extinct Woolly Mammoth was an herbivore, living on the tundras of Asia, Europe and North America from the Pleistocene to the early Holocene. The present jaw specimen displays teeth exhibiting the pristine condition to be expected in a well-preserved juvenile. An unusual specimen due to its very small size, the well-defined tooth ridges, or laminae, illustrate the mammoth’s well-evolved adaptation for crushing food. Jaw measures 14 x 10 x 8in; Teeth measure 3 1/4in  Estimate: $1,200 - 1,500  

Bonhams. Natural History, 2 Dec 2007. Los Angeles.