Bone of a mammoth was handed over to VSU scholars

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It was discovered in the “Sukhonsky” quarry, located in the territory of the Sokolsky district, by workers of the company, which is currently developing the quarry.

“This is our first find of this kind,” says the head of the company, Albert Aksenov, We handed it over to Vologda State University”.

“The workers who found the bone gave it to us”, says Valery Chernyshov, Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Management of Vologda State University. It is still at the University, but we plan to transfer it to the Museum of Nature in Cherepovets, where there is a good collection of Quaternary fauna exhibits”.

Courtesy of the regional socio-political newspaper “Premier”