Mammuthus primigenius 10000 years 130 x 40 cm Provenance: Italian private collection The woolly mammoth, also called woolly or furred mammoth, is a member of the elephant family adapted to cold-temperate conditions. However, the extinct species is not a direct ancestor of todays elephants. The mammoth reached a shoulder height of 3-3.5 m and was thus less gigantic than perhaps originally assumed. Today, the most common explanation for the near extinction of the iconic animal about 11,500 years ago is dramatic climate change with rapid temperature rise and increased precipitation, which among other things caused the vast grassy steppes that provided the ice age giants with their food to disappear. The present object is a well-preserved massive fossil femur of a woolly mammoth. It is the longest bone of the gigantic animal. OBERSCHENKELKNOCHEN EINES WOLLHAARMAMMUTS Mammuthus primigenius, 10’000 Jahre 130 x 40 cm Provenienz: Italienische Privatsammlung Das Wollhaarmammut, auch Woll- oder Fellmammut genannt, ist ein an kaltzeitliche Verh?ltnisse angepasster Vertreter aus der Familie der Elefanten. Die ausgestorbene Art ist jedoch kein direkter Vorfahre der heutigen Elefanten. Den Namen verdankt das sp?teiszeitliche Wollhaarmammut seinem dichten Fell, das aus bis zu 4–5 cm langen Wollhaaren bestand. Als h?ufigste Erkl?rung für das vor ca. 11500 Jahren fast vollst?ndige Aussterben des ikonischen Tiers wird heute die dramatische Klima?nderung mit raschem Temperaturanstieg und vermehrten Niederschl?gen genannt, was u.a. die weiten Grassteppen als Nahrungsgrundlage der Eiszeitriesen zum Verschwinden brachte. Beim vorliegenden Objekt handelt es sich um einen sehr gut erhaltenen und massiven fossilen Oberschenkelknochen eines Wollhaarmammuts.notes:*
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