Ice Age Wonders Bundle
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Ice Age Wonders Bundle
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The prehistoric wonders of the Pleistocene Epoch all in one collection! Five amazing specimens, one amazing bundle.
During the Last Glacial Maximum, megafauna roamed freezing tundras and humankind had just begun our exploration of the planet. This period was part of the Pleistocene Epoch, a multi-million-year span of time that played host to some of the most iconic prehistoric creatures of Earth's history like the Woolly Mammoth, the Smilodon (Saber-toothed tiger,) and the dire wolf. This bundle includes amazing historical specimens from these creatures and more, a fantastic portal into a world long gone.
The Ice Age Wonders bundle includes the Woolly Mammoth Meat, Dire Wolf Jaw, Smilodon Bone, small Neanderthal Hand Tool, and La Brea Tar Pits specimens for a discounted price. Each specimen ships in its very own glass-topped riker display case and includes authenticity information. More details on individual specimens can be found below.
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Woolly Mammoth Meat
Roughly the mass of a modern African elephant, the woolly mammoth evolved some 400,000 years ago in Siberia from the steppe mammoth widespread on that continent. Ultimately, these creatures spread westward into Europe and eastward into North America via the Beringian land bridge that once connected modern-day Russia and Alaska.
This specimen is a fragment of a woolly mammoth muscle tissue, radiocarbon dated to 19,551 years old. The specimen comes from a well-preserved wooly mammoth leg discovered near the Indigirka River in Siberia, Russia.
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Smilodon Bone
With twin, serrated, canine teeth measuring 8 inches (20 cm) and backed by 600 pounds (275 kg) of muscle, Smilodon fatalis is one of the most iconic animals of the Pleistocene Epoch. While the look of this stocky animal gave rise to its popular name, saber-tooth (or sabertooth) tigers are only distantly related to modern big cats.
This specimen is a fragment of a Smilodon fatalis femur recovered on private land in Florida. This species of Smilodon ranged across North America and into the western half of South America for roughly 1.5 million years, finally succumbing with other megafauna during the Quaternary Extinction Event 10,000 years ago.
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Neanderthal Hand Tool
Stones were our ancestors' first tools—in fact, they may even predate our species. Members of the primate family have been creating stone tools for millions of years. This specimen is a fragment of a tool created by a Neanderthal, an extinct subspecies of archaic humans.
Our Neanderthal Stone Tool Specimens from the collection of a retired French postman. He spent decades traversing rural France, collecting and cataloging Mousterian stone tools. The tools have been validated by experts in the field, with estimated ages between 140,000 and 70,000 years old.
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Dire Wolf Jaw
The dire wolf was one of the most successful predators of the late Pleistocene Epoch. Ranging from Alaska to Bolivia, this muscular carnivore fed on a wide variety of large prey including bison, camels, horses, mastodons, mammoths, and even giant ground sloths.
This massive canine was truly a force to be reckoned with, weighing over 150 pounds and with a bite force stronger than any modern species. This adaptation made it perfect at taking down megafauna herbivores but also gave it an edge when fighting against its biggest competition: the saber-toothed cat, Smilodon.
The specimen is a fragment of a dire wolf jaw found in Florida on private land. During the Pleistocene, this region was a savannah ecosystem filled with numerous large mammals.
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La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits are among the most well-known petroleum seeps in the world. Over millennia, such seeps can become lake-like formations and trap unwary wildlife. Excavated animal remains at La Brea comprise nearly 700 different species, some dating back 40,000 years to the Late Pleistocene.
Crafted here at Mini Museum, this resin-infused specimen was created using material from a selection of mined La Brea Tar Pit material which contained the remains of coyotes, dung beetles, rabbits, and even a bald eagle.
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AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS FROM THE PLEISTOCENE ICE AGE
Each specimen arrives enclosed in an individual acrylic specimen jar held within a handsome, glass-topped riker box case measuring 4 1/2" x 3 1/2". A small information card is also included, which also serves as the certificate of authenticity.
You can read more about each item on their individual product pages. This bundle offers all five, the Woolly Mammoth Meat, Dire Wolf Jaw, Smilodon Bone, small Neanderthal Hand Tool, and La Brea Tar Pits specimens at a single, discounted price! It's a special collection of curated fossils and more that we're so excited to share in the Mini Museum Shop!
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