Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Site Example - Community College Paper on Wooly Mammoths

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At the Pratt museum one of the exhibits is a rather impressive wooly mammoth skeleton fossil. The wooly mammoth is named for the thick layer of hair it was covered in, to protect it from the conditions of the arctic areas from where they originated. This also leads to many Wooly Mammoth fossils being better preserved, and many have been found largely intact within the arctic, with the museum having many related fossils which would normally have decayed, such as hair. In addition, mammoths may have still been living as recently as 6000b.c., and are very prevalent within the fossil record. Though related to modern elephants, there are many noticeable differences aside from their wooly appearance. They had much smaller ears than modern elephants, a gland which secreted fat into their hair to keep them warm, and a layer of fat beneath the skin much like the blubber of a whale. In addition, they also had very large tusks which had a unique curved appearance. Certain wear found on the bottom side of retrieved tusk fossils, suggest they may have used them like snow-shovels in order to get at vegetation beneath. The extinction of these creatures is largely attributed to the warming climate which shrunk their habitable area down to about 20% of what it once was, and the increased presence of humans within their territory, who helps further their extinction through hunting and territorial defense. However, though they may be gone – science suggests that it may be possible to clone these creatures at some point in time. If a sperm fossil could be found and replicated, mammoths may be closely related enough to elephants for conception to occur. It may not be entirely like Jurassic Park, but it's an interesting prospect.

At the Pratt museum one of the exhibits is a rather impressive wooly mammoth skeleton fossil. The wooly mammoth is named for the thick layer of hair it was covered in, to protect it from the conditions of the arctic areas from where they originated. This also leads to many Wooly Mammoth fossils being better preserved, and many have been found largely intact within the arctic, with the museum having many related fossils which would normally have decayed, such as hair. In addition, mammoths may have still been living as recently as 6000b.c., and are very prevalent within the fossil record. Though related to modern elephants, there are many noticeable differences aside from their wooly appearance. They had much smaller ears than modern elephants, a gland which secreted fat into their hair to keep them warm, and a layer of fat beneath the skin much like the blubber of a whale. In addition, they also had very large tusks which had a unique curved appearance. Certain wear found on the bottom side of retrieved tusk fossils, suggest they may have used them like snow-shovels in order to get at vegetation beneath. The extinction of these creatures is largely attributed to the warming climate which shrunk their habitable area down to about 20% of what it once was, and the increased presence of humans within their territory, who helps further their extinction through hunting and territorial defense. However, though they may be gone – science suggests that it may be possible to clone these creatures at some point in time. If a sperm fossil could be found and replicated, mammoths may be closely related enough to elephants for conception to occur. It may not be entirely like Jurassic Park, but its an interesting prospect.

At the Pratt museum one of the exhibits is a rather impressive wooly mammoth skeleton fossil. The wooly mammoth is named for the thick layer of hair it was covered in, to protect it from the conditions of the arctic areas from where they originated. This also leads to many Wooly Mammoth fossils being better preserved, and many have been found largely intact within the arctic, with the museum having many related fossils which would normally have decayed, such as hair. In addition, mammoths may have still been living as recently as 6000b.c., and are very prevalent within the fossil record. Though related to modern elephants, there are many noticeable differences aside from their wooly appearance. They had much smaller ears than modern elephants, a gland which secreted fat into their hair to keep them warm, and a layer of fat beneath the skin much like the blubber of a whale. In addition, they also had very large tusks which had a unique curved appearance. Certain wear found on the bottom side of retrieved tusk fossils, suggest they may have used them like snow-shovels in order to get at vegetation beneath. The extinction of these creatures is largely attributed to the warming climate which shrunk their habitable area down to about 20% of what it once was, and the increased presence of humans within their territory, who helps further their extinction through hunting and territorial defense. However, though they may be gone – science suggests that it may be possible to clone these creatures at some point in time. If a sperm fossil could be found and replicated, mammoths may be closely related enough to elephants for conception to occur. It may not be entirely like Jurassic Park, but its an interesting prospect.