Traces of ancient hormones were detected in the tusks of a woolly mammoth that lived more than 33,000 years ago.
The findings provide what researchers believe to be the first direct evidence that, like elephants, mammoths also experienced musth. A study detailing the findings published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Musth, which means “intoxicated” in Hindi and Urdu, is a testosterone-fueled period of heightened aggression and unpredictable behavior during mating season when male elephants become rivals.
The dentin powder was analyzed using a mass spectrometer, or an instrument that can identify chemicals by sorting charged particles. “We had developed steroid mass spectrometry methods for human blood and saliva samples, and we have used them extensively for clinical research studies.
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