Mystery solved: Explorers Club meal wasn't woolly mammoth
A Yale researcher says a lavish 1951 dinner in New York City promoted by the Explorers Club didn't actually include 250,000-year-old woolly mammoth, despite folklore about the event.
A Yale researcher says a lavish 1951 dinner in New York City promoted by the Explorers Club didn't actually include 250,000-year-old woolly mammoth, despite folklore about the event.
Archaeology
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Education
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Plants & Animals
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Engineering
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Nanomaterials
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Social Sciences
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Social Sciences
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Business
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Economics & Business
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