Tusk isotopes reveal a mammoth’s life

An image of a furry elephant-like creature walking across a snowy landscape

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17,000 years after its death, scientists use strontium analysis to trace animal’s movements throughout its 28-year life

By making 340,000 measurements of the strontium isotope ratios along a woolly mammoth’s tusk, researchers could track the animal’s movements throughout its 28-year life.