No bones about it, this mastodon dig was big
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 13:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Diggers at an excavation in Colorado turned up almost 5,000 large bones in seven weeks from mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, bison, horses, deer and camels. They also uncovered thousands of smaller remains. Scientists in charge knew early on that this dig would require more shovel work than they could do alone, so they called in reinforcements.