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Nebraska's iconic Archie the mammoth sculpture has been in place welcoming NU State Museum visitors for 20 years. Designed by Nebraska artist Fred Hoppe, the sculpture is based on the museum's record-setting fossil mount of a Columbian mammoth.

Archie strides into 20th year

October 24, 2018

A life-sized display of Archie, a Columbian mammoth, is on display at the University of Nebraska State Museum in Morrill Hall. A new study suggests that such massive mammals were much more likely than their smaller counterparts to go extinct in regions occupied by ancient humans.

Unprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans

April 19, 2018

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