Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton

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Milwaukee Public Museum exhibit artist Craig Yanek right behind the skeleton looks on as officials put the final tusk in place on the Hebior woolly mammoth Tuesday July 8 2008 in Milwaukee. Its skeleton was excavated in southeastern Wisconsin in 199 ...
Milwaukee Public Museum exhibit artist Craig Yanek , right behind the skeleton, looks on as officials put the final tusk in place on the Hebior woolly mammoth, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in Milwaukee. Its skeleton was excavated in southeastern Wisconsin in 1994, and is considered the most intact specimen ever found in North America. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)
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(AP) -- A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America.


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