Michigan farmers discover woolly mammoth skeleton

Two farmers in rural Michigan have uncovered a woolly mammoth skeleton in a soybean field. It is one of the most complete sets ever found in the state. The animal was an adult male in its 40s, and researchers excavated its skull, tusks, vertebrae and other bones, says the Detroit Free Press. The discovery was an accident. The farmers were digging a drainage ditch when they hit what they first thought were large pieces of wood. University of...