TheLier mammothis the skeleton of amammoththat was found in 1860 near the Dungelhoeffkazerne inLierin theProvince of AntwerpofBelgium,while digging the diversion canal of theNete.[1]Its importance was recognised by a military doctor stationed in Lier,François-Joseph Scohy,and the skeleton was excavated, mounted and in 1869 for the first time shown to the public. This was a first skeleton of a mammoth for Western Europe. Only the museum ofSaint Petersburgwas already in possession of a mammoth skeleton. Because the skeleton is not complete, some bones were recreated in wood.
Today, the skeleton is preserved in the museum of theRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesinBrussels. Since 2018 a 3D printed replica is present at Lier city museum.[2]
See also
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edit- ^Archived atGhostarchiveand theWayback Machine:Our Natural Selection - The Lier Mammoth.YouTube.
- ^"De Mammoet van Lier keert na 150 jaar terug naar huis".Materialise.
Sources
edit- Sur les ossements fossiles Découverts à Lierre le 28 Fevrier 1860, les Bulletins de l'Académie Royale de Belgique, 2e série, tome IX, n. 5
- 250 Years of Natural Sciences
- Le Mammouth de Lier[permanent dead link]