About 20 fragments, including a skull, were found. The creature is believed to date back to when the first humans lived on Earth.
About 20 fragments were found, including a skull, rib sections, vertebra, a front leg bone and a kneecap, all believed to come from the same mastodonhave uncovered parts of a mastodon fossil, including its skull, that they believe dates back to when the first humans lived on Earth.
“We’re really hoping to find evidence of human interaction with this creature – perhaps the projectile points and knives that were used to kill the animal and do initial butchering,” Iowa State Archaeologist John Doershuk said in a statement. “There’s also potential evidence on the bones themselves – there could be identifiable cut marks.”North America
Archeologists were first notified of the potential existence of the bones in 2022, when a Wayne County resident contacted Doershuk: Someone they knew had stumbled upon an unusually long bone embedded in the creek bed.
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