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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 05:02 PM
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Ancient mammoth or mastodon image found on bone
Ancient mammoth or mastodon image found on bone
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 8:56a.m.
By Randolph E. Schmid

A bone fragment at least 13,000 years old, with the carved image of a mammoth or mastodon, has been discovered in Florida, a new study reports.

While prehistoric art depicting animals with trunks has been found in Europe, this may be the first in the Western Hemisphere, researchers report in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

"It's pretty exciting, we haven't found anything like this in North America," said Dennis J. Stanford, curator of North American Archaeology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, who was a co-author of the report.

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It was heavily mineralised, which prevented standard dating, Stanford explained. But mammoths and mastodons had died out in the Americas by 13,000 years ago, so it has to be older than that. "It could be quite early," he added.

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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 05:05 PM
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1. I can't stand it when Satan plants bones to eff up our belief system.... n/t
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Angry Dragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 05:14 PM
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2. He does not do it out of evil .......... he just likes practical jokes
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 05:14 PM
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3. maybe it was God who did it to test our faith
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-22-11 05:15 PM
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Theo Haffey Donating Member (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-25-11 03:22 PM
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5. That mammoth is older than all other animals, if the Bible is correct
Isn't the world supposed to be about 5000 years old according to the Bible?
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