"Russian Girl's Fishing Trip Unearths Ancient Mammoth Bones"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Livescience.com
An 8-year-old girl in Russia discovered well-preserved mammoth leg bones and a prehistoric bison vertebra while fishing with her father along the Oka River. The bones, believed to be from a large adult mammoth that lived around 100,000 years ago, were found in an area where mammoths likely persisted until about 10,000 years ago. The discovery highlights Russia's rich fossil record and the importance of reporting such finds to scientific institutions.