Carl Zimmer on Nostr: The tusks of mammoths and mastodons contain a daily journal of their wanderings. Only ...

The tusks of mammoths and mastodons contain a daily journal of their wanderings. Only now are scientists reading them. Here’s my story on how these elephantine biographies are offering clues about their lives and ultimate extinctions. Gift link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/science/woolly-mammoth-tusk-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OU0.t4b3.w0SYqE_zduOw&smid=url-share