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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLNH:2000.213 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name mammoth, fossil bone, humerus, proximal humerus Description The end of a fossil bone (humerus) from the front leg of a mammoth or straight-tusked elephant.This fossil is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as in 300-200 BC, people digging trenches in North Africa found large skeletons which were believed to be the remains of giant people. This area has proved to be rich in mastodon and mammoth fossils. It is now thought that these huge fossil bones may have inspired myths of Giants. Production period Pleistocene Subject Geology, Fossils Inscription Content COLNH:2000.213 Dimensions length: 294.00 mm width: 250.00 mm depth: 170.00 mm Scientific name (Common Name) Elephantidae (Elephant) Location Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLNH:2000.213
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

mammoth, fossil bone, humerus, proximal humerus
Description

The end of a fossil bone (humerus) from the front leg of a mammoth or straight-tusked elephant.This fossil is included in the Mythical Creatures exhibition as in 300-200 BC, people digging trenches in North Africa found large skeletons which were believed to be the remains of giant people. This area has proved to be rich in mastodon and mammoth fossils. It is now thought that these huge fossil bones may have inspired myths of Giants.
Production period

Pleistocene
Subject

Geology, Fossils
Inscription Content

COLNH:2000.213
Dimensions
Scientific name (Common Name)

Elephantidae (Elephant)
Location

Find me in 'Mythical Creatures' at Colchester Castle

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