200 Slaughtered Mammoth Skeletons Discovered Near Mexican City

Archaeologists said that the discovery of the skeletons of at least 200 mammoths near the Mexican capital would help solve the mystery of the extinction of these mammals.

One of these animals was distinguished by its fangs, and it was also covered with hair in some cases; it lived on Earth about 5 million years ago, and then it got extincted in the last 4000 years.

According to the British "Sky News" network, the researchers were conducting surveys near Mexico City airport, where they found a large number of structures belonging to mammoths.

[caption id="attachment_147351" align="aligncenter" width="800"] This woolly mammoth at the Royal British Columbia Museum is a recreation of the animals that on average were 10 feet tall and weighed 12,000 pounds. (Shutterstock)[/caption]

Experts suggest that humans had slaughtered this animal between 10 thousand and 20 thousand years ago.

"We have found about 200 mammoths, 25 camels and five horses," said Manzanilla Lopez, a researcher at the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Manzanilla indicated a group of bones in the place that still needs efforts to extract them.

The Mexican capital's airport is located 19 km from the excavation site that ancient locals set up to slaughter dozens of mammoths.

[caption id="attachment_147352" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A huge trove of the extict skeletons found in Mexico[/caption]

Meanwhile, other numbers of mammoths died after they got stuck in the mud, in one of the lakes in the region, meaning that they died naturally.

Researchers are carefully examining whether the animals died naturally or have scars that indicate they were slaughtered.

Archaeology researcher Joaquín Arroyo said the investigation will reveal whether these animals have become extinct due to climate conditions, or because of traps set up by humans.