Pleistocene Era, 50,000-30,000 BP. A superbly preserved full adolescent woolly mammoth lower jaw from northern Europe; the jaw with the two complete molar teeth in situ, showing moderate use in life to biting surfaces; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion. 31.8 kg total including stand, jaw 48cm wide (19"). Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman since 1990; previously in a private collection formed in the 1980s.