Tusk analysis reveals surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths

Tusk analysis reveals surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths

Tusk analysis revealed surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths (Daniel Fisher/University of Michigan)

Analysis of woolly mammoth tusks reveals surging testosterone levels in males.

Researchers say traces of sex hormones extracted from the animal’s tusk provide the first direct evidence adult males experienced musth.

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