Workers in Central Asia made a “mammoth” discovery earlier this month.
Laborers came across the bones of an ancient mammoth while quarrying on June 2. In a press release, Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Culture explained that the remains were found in “the sandy areas of the ancient floodplain of the Jyrgalang River.”
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country surrounded by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. The discovery was found in the Issyk-Kul Region, which borders the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China.
The officials’ statement, which was translated from Kyrgyz to English, explained…
