In Pictures: 15,000-year-old mammoth traps discovered in Mexico

Pits were found during excavations on land that was to be used as a garbage dump

Last updated: November 07, 2019 | 11:12

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Handout photograph released by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology (INAH) shows mammoth tusks in Tultepec, Mexico

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The bones of at least 14 mammoths were found in what is believed to be the first find of a mammoth trap set by humans.

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Mexican anthropologists say they found two human-built pits dug 15,000 years ago to trap mammoths.

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The pits, filled with bones from at least 14 mammoths, were found in the neighborhood of Tultepec, just north of Mexico City.

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Remains of mammoths have been discovered in man-made traps in Mexico believed to have been built 15,000 years ago.

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Mammoth skeletal remains were found at a site where President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government is building a new airport

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Mammoth bones lay at an excavation site in Tultepec, just north of Mexico City.

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