The giant structure was discovered from mammoth bones 25,000 years ago

Mammoths are a giant prehistoric animal with a height of about 4 meters, weighing between 6 and 8 tons and the largest male discovered even exceeding 12 tons. Five million years ago, mammoths began to operate in parts of northern Europe, Asia and the Americas. But about 3,700 years ago, when the construction of the pyramids of ancient Egypt began, the mammoths finally disappeared on Earth and so far they have only been known to humanity through the Fossils were excavated.

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The extinction of mammoths and other large animals in the late Holocene and Pleistocene epochs has always been suspected by paleontologists in connection with the hunting of Homo sapiens, but to this day, this is still causing A lot of controversy.

Recently, however, at the archaeological site of Kostanki 11 on the western bank of the Don River in Voronezh, Russia, scientists discovered a prehistoric "miracle" 25,000 years ago - a giant structure. The mystery, built from hundreds of skeletons of more than 60 mammoths, with a width of 12.5 meters gives more evidence for the view of mammoth extinction related to hunting. of humans (Homo sapiens).

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This ancient site was discovered in 2013. After years of excavation, it now shows its complete structure. The scientists used carbon dating technology to determine that this ancient building was formed 25,000 years ago and is the structure made from the oldest mammoth bone in the world. However, the purpose of this building is still a mystery so far, perhaps archaeologists need more time to study and find the answer to this mystery.

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The actual excavation began in 2015. Experts, led by archaeologist Alexander Pryor of the University of Exeter in England, have spent years deciphering this mysterious building but still do not understand why. it was built. "The mammoth bones are very heavy. The huge circular structures of hundreds of such fragments require a great deal of time and effort to create," Pryor said. "This is very strange because hunter-gatherers never spend a lot of time in one location."

In fact, this is not the giant structure made from the first mammoth bones discovered by mankind. Earlier in 1950 and 1960, former Soviet scientists discovered two ancient man-made structures made from mammoth bones but smaller in size. At that time, the ancient people lived a nomadic life, mainly living on hunter-gatherers and it was hard to imagine that they would build such large fixed structures.

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According to the analysis of the scientists, the majority of these remains are newly hunted mammoth bones, as well as some long dead elephant bones. Because the texture of mammoth bones is so heavy, the ancients took a lot of effort to collect and place them in one place. The current hypothesis is that this giant structure of mammoth bones may be a place for worshiping ceremonies as well or other possibilities, which is a place for prehistoric people to store food.

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The team believes that the structure does not function as a winter hideout as previously known as mammoth bone constructions. "It obviously means something to them, be it for ceremonial purposes, or practical purposes like food storage," Pryor explained.

But whatever the purpose of this gigantic structure, this ancient work in terms of archeology is of great significance and can clarify our prehistoric ancestor viewpoint. Really hunt mammoths.

But whether or not mammoth became extinct due to ancient human hunting still needs more research, in fact, all the large mammals weighing on 500 kilograms were all extinct after humans arrived in Australia more than 40,000 years ago. So it is very likely that the mammoth extinction view is due to the fact that human hunting might soon be accepted.

In modern society, our Earth has been divided by humankind into smaller spaces than prehistoric times. The habitat of animals is also being lost, not only large animals but even small animals are difficult to escape extinction by acts of destroying human habitats.

More and more studies show that the current rate of extinction of the species on Earth has exceeded the historical average by more than a hundred times and the sixth extinction was actually started by the actions of human.

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