A farmer discovered in his field a mammoth – BBC

James Farmer Bristl of Michigan found bone meter length when digging a trench with his friend for a drain pipe on the field of wheat, according to ABC. Bristl called the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan, whose staff found that a farmer in his field, found the bones of a rare hybrid of the woolly mammoth and the Colombian species. In place of discovery left a university professor and the students who do the excavation. Currently 20% found ancient mammalian bone, including the skull with tusks. It is assumed that the mammoth died at 40 years of age 11-15 thousand. Years ago. “We believe that people were here and could carve the meat and hide, then to return to him,” – said the professor. In addition to students and scholars in the operation to extract from the ground bones of animals involved heavy machinery. “I dug hundreds of thousands of pounds of dirt over the past 45 years, but this I have not seen. We were all covered in mud, and we had fun, “- said the excavator.
noted that under US law, the landlord has the right to find, so the bones are owned Bristlu shop at the farm.

3 October 2015, 10:51 |