The corner of 45th and 15th in Seattle's University District has been undergoing a huge transformation. That's where the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is partnering with other...
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following UW360 storyis made possible by the
generous support of BECU.BECU more than just money.SPEAKER 1: One million years
ago, long before humans,these were the residents
of the Pacific Northwest.Not elephants, but mammoths, 15
feet tall with gigantic tusks.In 2008, the partial remains
of a Columbia mammothwere discovered near
Richland, Washington.MERIDITH RIVIN: It's pretty
rare to get a skeleton at all.And we usually
don't even call ita skeleton until you have,
maybe, 10% of the bones.So that's not a huge percentage.And when they
excavated the mammoth,they got about 20% of
the mammoth, maybe 25%.We want to bring a
Washington mammoth to exhibitin the Washington State Museum.And so that was important to us.SPEAKER...
