A French archaeologist from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) works to finish up the excavation of remains from a preserved woolly mammoth skeleton, nicknamed 'Helmut' by the excavation team and estimated to date from 125,000 to 200,000 years ago, at a quarry site in Changis-sur-Marne, East of Paris, November 8, 2012. French archaeologists have uncovered a rare, near-complete skeleton of a mammoth in the countryside near Paris, alongside tiny fragments of flint tools suggesting the carcass may have been cut into by prehistoric hunters. The archaeologists say that if that hypothesis is confirmed, their find would be the clearest ever evidence of interaction between mammoths and ancient cavemen in this part of Europe.(REUTERS/FRANCE - SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)
Described as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 21st Century, the mammoth was found next to two flint blades — suggesting Neanderthal hunters would have been cutting it up for meat after hunting the creature down.
The mammoth nicknamed Helmut would have been around 30 years old when it died, making it a relatively young adult. The incredible discovery saw the bones and tusks of the prehistoric animal dug up by archaeologists at Changis-Sur-Marne, on the banks of the Marne River.
It would have been around 9-feet-tall, with even longer tusks, and roamed the countryside before the French capital had even been thought of, the 'Daily Mail' reported. Mammoths are thought to have disappeared because of the combined effects of climate change, contagious diseases and human hunting.
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