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    An archaeological site, found by accident, contains a whole herd of mammoth fossils

    Jan 04, 2022 4 minutes
    PROF BEN GARROD Evolutionary biologist

    DIDN’T THE WHOLE STORY START WITH A CHANCE DISCOVERY BY AMATEURS?

    Back in 2017 Sally and Neville Hollingworth, who are amateur fossil hunters, came to a talk that I did. Not long afterwards they got in touch asking if they could send me some photos of a discovery they’d made. Long story short, they sent me some photos of Sally lying next to a mammoth tusk.

    So I asked them, “Are you in Siberia?”And they said, “No, Swindon.” That wasn’t the answer I expected. I said quickly that I shouldn’t really know about this because, obviously, whoever’s in charge academically would have a fit. But they told me that no one knew it was there; it was just

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