Tag: scientific reclassification


  • From Mammoths to Monkeys: How Two Alaska Bones Turned Out to Be Ancient Whales

    From Mammoths to Monkeys: How Two Alaska Bones Turned Out to Be Ancient Whales

    Discovery That Challenged a Long-Standing Belief In a quiet Alaska museum, two seemingly inconspicuous bone fragments spent decades tucked away in a dusty drawer. Labeled as mammoth remains and catalogued with routine care, they attracted little attention beyond routine preservation. It wasn’t until modern techniques and a fresh wave of curiosity that researchers re-examined these…