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Winemaker discovers 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in his cellar

Winemaker discovers 40,000-year-old mammoth bones in his cellar

Austrian winemaker Andreas Pernerstorfer discovered 40,000-year-old mammoth bones while renovating his wine cellar. The wine cellar where the mammoth bones were found is located in the village of Gobelsburg in the Krems region west of Vienna. Researchers at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, who have taken the bones under protection, consider the discovery the most