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Mammoths: Glossary
E
- extinct
- no longer existing
F
- fossil
- hardened remains, an impression or a trace of prehistoric animal or plant life that have been preserved for thousands of years in the Earth's crust
G
- geology
- scientific study of the earth's composition, physical properties, history, and structure
I
- Ice Age
- see Pleistocene
- in-situ
- in place, where it is found
M
- migration
- to move from one region to another
P
- Pleistocene
- The period in the earth's history from about one million years ago until about 10,000 years ago. During the Pleistocene or Ice Age, the earth's climate was colder and much of the earth was covered with ice
- paleontology
- a branch of biology that studies plant and animal fossils
T
- tusk
- teeth that extend from an animal's mouth
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