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Posted on 08/09/2014 2:33:26 AM PDT by blueplum
(Reuters) - Scientists excavating an ancient Wyoming sinkhole containing a rare trove of fossils of Ice Age mammals have unearthed hundreds of bones of such prehistoric animals as American cheetahs, a paleontologist said on Friday.
The two-week dig by an international team of researchers led by Des Moines University paleontologist Julie Meachen marked the first exploration of Natural Trap Cave at the base of the Bighorn Mountains in north-central Wyoming since its initial discovery in the 1970s.
Meachen said the extensive excavation that began late last month uncovered roughly 200 large bones of animals like horses that roamed North America from 12,000 to 23,000 years ago and an uncounted number of microfossils of creatures such as birds, lizards and snakes.
:snip: A number of animals that fell 85 feet to their deaths after stumbling into the 15-foot-wide mouth of the cavern were unusually well preserved by cold and damp conditions, Meachen said.
“Some bones still have collagen with intact DNA for genetic testing and some fossils are ...
(Reporting by Laura Zuckerman in Salmon, Idaho; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Eric Beech)
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
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dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurpictures/ig/Prehistoric-Horse-Pictures/
The 9-foot tall human remains found were spirited away to a Smithsonian storage facility where they’ll never be seen again. /s
second article with pic of man being lowered into cave:
http://www.newsmax.com/SciTech/US-Ancient-Animal-Dig/2014/07/24/id/584701/
Indians liked to barbecue horses, cheetahs and bison.
Prehistoric animal remains discovered in U.S.
abc 25 wpbf | 8-9-2014 | By Jareen Imam
Posted on 8/9/2014 3:18:58 PM by Citizen Zed
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3190919/posts
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West US cave with fossil secrets to be excavated
Phys dot org | July 24, 2014 | unattributed
Posted on 07/27/2014 1:48:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3185734/posts
When we were doing the environmental impact study for the Gold Quarry mine in Nevada, a lot of horse and camel fossils were found. Not quite like the modern animals but clearly close ancestors. The idea at that time was that the horses and camels went east over the Bering Strait just as humans made the trek west.
Have they find any cureloms???
I've alerted the Department of Redundancy Department...
Or Cumoms??
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