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The remains of an ancient woolly mammoth, believed to be 130,000 years old, have been found in Cambridgeshire.
Bones were growing along with a woolly rhino.
The parts are now set to be studied by specialists to determine their age.
The remains were found by A14 motorway expansion between Cambridge and Huntingdon.
The patch of land, near Fenstanton, where the remains were discovered to be an ancient river.
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The woolly mammoth which was around the same time as an African Elephant roamed Eurasia thousands of years ago before its extinction.
It was designed perfectly during the last ice age.
Mammoths, which are thought to have weighed up to eight tons, became extinct around 8,000BC.
Scientists believe their extinction was a result of climate change and being hunted by humans.
Remains of the woolly mammoth has been found on most continents except for Australasia and South America
A Highways England spokesman said: 'The remains of a woolly mammoth dating back to the ice age are among the most outstanding finds of the team working on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon project.
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'Operatives also discovered the remains of a woolly rhino, both at least 130,000 years old, during excavations for construction materials near Fenstanton in what was once an ancient river.'
The A14 expansion has a history of dating and dating.
Other finds include Prehistoric Henges, Iron Age settlements, Roman pottery kilns, Three Anglo-Saxon villages, and a deserted medieval village.
Palaeontologist Dean Lomax has discovered the discoveries as 'exciting' and 'quite uncommon'.
He said: 'Woolly mammoth and woolly rhino were once a common part of the wildlife here in the UK, during the Ice Age.
We know this because their fossils have been found at various fossil sites across the UK.
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However, recent discoveries have been uncommon and they have been uncovered during road works.
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It is also important that these specimens are appropriately cared for and conserved. These types of bone, especially mammoth tusk, may be very poorly degraded if left untreated so great care should be taken with these remains.
The £ 1.5billion A14 project is due to open in December 2020.
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