Two Mammoth Skeletons Found on One Farm…in Iowa
- Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:24am by
Liz Klimas
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The dig site where researchers are uncovering a second mammoth found on one farm. (Photo: KCCI)
Earlier this year, scientists uncovered a nearly complete mammoth skeleton on an Iowan farm and more recently found the remains of a second. Researchers have confirmed these are two distinct mammoths, which suggests there could be more in the area.
According to Omaha.com, Jim North, a professor at William Penn University in Oskaloosa (the town where the farm is located), said the discovery of two individual mammoths in such close proximity is a rarity.
The bones were first spotted by a farmer’s children a couple years ago and the dig for the more recent mammoth discovery has been occurring since the spring. Omaha.com reports that over the weekend scientists from local universities and even local high school students were participating in the excavation of the more than 10,000-year-old bones.
Iowa’s KCCI reports that with this more recent find scientists will be remaining on the farm for a few more months to conduct further research. Sarah Horgen with the University of Iowa has more on the discovery:
“We have half of the skull here, and it’s facedown. You can see the tooth in the jaw,” Horgen said. “This is only part of the skull. It’s broken down on this side, so we’re hoping the other side is buried under the stump here. We’re not sure, we haven’t gotten there yet.”
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“To have so many different parts of the body showing up at this point gives us some idea that there should be more around here,” said Horgen.
“Especially the tooth that appeared today… Teeth are the best for getting dates off the mammoth because of the enamel protecting the insides and also keeping out contaminants from the environment,” Horgen said.
(Image: KCCI)
(Photo: KCCI)
Among the bones, fossilized remains of vegetation were identified as well. Naturalist Dave Brenzel with the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, said these provide further clues as to what the animal’s environment was like at the time.
“Two were entombed in their environment,” Brenzel said.
See more photos of the new mammoth bones here.
This ABC News report from June discusses the first skeleton found on the farm:
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- Real of Fake? Woolly Mammoth Spotted Crossing Siberian River
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(H/T: Yahoo! News)
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mr.goodvibe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:16pmAnyone ever wonder who else is in the garden with God?
22 ¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, Rev. 22.14 and eat, and live for ever:
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:00pmPoacher!
Report Post »OccamsSword
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 10:26pmDEAVONRAYE, All of the Americas were part of the oceans, in fact so was everywhere, its called a global flood that happened about 4400 yrs ago. So keep yer eyes open!
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 23, 2012 at 8:39amHA HA HA HA!!!
You mean, . . . 4,400 years ago, . . . but somehow failed to destroy major cultures of the planet [Egyptians, building huge pyramids, . . . . Chinese dynasties]. That is truly laughable. . . . unless your comment was supposed to be sarcasm.
In all seriousness, . . . I am amazed that people still believe that geneologies of the bible, and the required time frame for the Noah flood, are so true that they completely overlook actual reality. Anyone who does needs to open THEIR eyes. . . . . . remove their “rose colored stained glass window” glasses.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:13pmToo bad they still aren’t around to hunt.
Report Post »zjak
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:16pmIf we‘re able to clone them and grow them in an Elephant’s womb, I am sure we should be able to bring them back to life. But there are so many complexities that could arise, that it will be going against the wishes of nature and the g-d who created her.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:42pmGreat idea but I do you think Rosie O’Donnel will have the time to carry a Mammoth to term?
Report Post »nonliberal
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:11pmI find these bones all the time on my property in Missouri, but I never tell anyone because I don’t want a bunch of hippies running around my property tearing up my fields, digging big holes everywhere, and them trying to tell me what I can and can’t do here.
I just smack them with a sledge hammer so they look like normal rocks.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:44pmI here you folks do the same thing to your daughters.
Report Post »nonliberal
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:22pmOnly when necessary.
Report Post »NineteenEighty4
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:29pmFalse. These skeletal remains are a hoax. Anything that claims to be older than Christianity is a lie. We have the Truth of the Bible and I won’t be fooled by these evolutionist lies. I will not comply.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:36pmSarcasm? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I hope?
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:21pm….and what part of the Bible says mammoths didn’t exist?
Report Post »with that argument Revelations, is debunked too.
mr.goodvibe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:03pmI don’t recall anything in genesis stating that there were no other life forms on earth before the creation of man.
Report Post »NineteenEighty4
Posted on August 23, 2012 at 1:39amMaybe if you were a true Christian and read between the lines, you would understand. Evolution never happened. All of God’s creatures are exactly like they were from the beginning of time, 6000 years ago. This so-called “mammoth” is a fabrication conjured up by atheists and evolutionists to turn us away from God’s Truth. This is merely an elephant’s skeleton with a deformity. I choose Jesus as my Lord and Savior, not science.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 23, 2012 at 8:30amI cannot tell if you’re serious or not, 1984. You SOUND sincere, but are SO misinformed that it comes off as sarcasm.
In case you’re not kidding, . . . . go to talkorigins.org to see MANY examples of why evolution has happened, and continues today [remember, small changes over LARGE amounts of time].
And I hate to be there bearer of uncomfortable news [for you, if you're truly serious here], but there are plenty of places in the christian bible that are untrue. . . . for example, “hail stored in heavenly warehouses for ”days of battle”, “lightning reporting to god for orders as per where it will strike the earth”, just to mention a couple. And , there were never “fire breathing dragons” or unicorns, either.
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:00pmAnd before the athiests get in gear, fossils and bones does not exlcude God and biblical truths.
Report Post »SnakeEyes
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:28pmAs an Iowan, I don’t see the big deal. I just saw thousands of mammoths for 10 straight days, and do so every year, at the State Fair,
Report Post »farmwife
Posted on August 23, 2012 at 12:38amGood one, I saw the same ones in Des Moines!
Report Post »ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on August 23, 2012 at 7:06amMust be all that fried butter on a stick they eat out at those fairs eh ?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 2:49pmYup… it reflects the way Iowa votes!
Report Post »commoncents5
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 2:43pm@upholder
Report Post »Oh and I would rather be a sheep than a old goat like you!
commoncents5
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 2:40pm@upholder
Report Post »You may think that you are very very well bred. It just shows me how unlearned you are of your creators word. All knowledge comes from God and all of us were created by God at the same time. What do you think eternity means? To this point none of us are dead. Some like you are spiritualy dead but none the less still alive. No one has had judgment day yet. Some are taught that all flesh & blood came from one family…Adam & Eve which is ridiculous Here is an easy question for you, when Cain went into the land of Nod and took a wife where did she come from? Why isn‘t Cain listed in Adam’s geneology? Abel ins’t listed because his blood was shed. Only Seth is listed. So before you get jiggy read up on it and get the whole truth. Our Father is the Father of the living not the dead. To be a fact of truth those that have died in the flesh before us are still alive and waiting judgment.
Example:Luke 16:19-31 Lazarus& the rich man.
commoncents5
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 10:17amProves that this earth is millions of years old just like God tells us in His story. Check out Ashfall Nebraska to see what whole herds of animals that were found. Genesis says chapter 1:1 In the beginning. There is no date. Moses would have been instructed by God to put a date like He did in other places in His Word. Genesis 1:2 The earth BECAME void and without form reference Isaiah 45:18. God has never made anything without form and void. He is perfect and makes everything to function with His command. One day=1000 years(2nd Peter 3:8). Enough said and just think about what you read. His word is simple so don‘t complicate it with man’s traditions of self & pride.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:22am[Moses would have been instructed by God]
Report Post »Would have? You’re making up fabrications to protect fabrications…
DimmuBorgir
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 1:01pm@ PONTIAC
weren’t you discontinued?
Report Post »UpholderOftheConstitution
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 1:02pmCOMMONCents5,
Your whole argument is centralized on the assumption that it took God thousands of years to “create” earth. While your argument is ignorant in its approach you somehow try to justify the claim where it seems that creation is somehow linked with the “old world” theory of evolutionists, which you believe is scientific based. The theory of evolution (and creationism) is origin science and starts from a assumption to derive its theory. Just because some math wizards and biologists/anthropologists can build a technical “dating” process does not mean their assumption is correct. Merely it shows that we are nowhere near understanding our origin, because the claim was based on an assumption using an assumption to somehow prove that it is not an assumption.
Now if we could put the theory of evolution (the assumption) in a technical science (the science that math and engineering are in) model and get the results proving it, based on the factual analysis then you win, but for now deriving all of your data from a assumption with no true scientific venting is nothing more than a mere theory, just like creationism.
This is not to say game set match, this is merely to expose the lie that is propelled in our educational system to just get seeped into sheepish brains like yourself. I do not try to prove creationism by making up data models derived on my assumption just to come out with numbers that prove my assumption based on an assumption.
Report Post »Leehweht
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:05pmThe earth is not millions of years old. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szBTl3S24MY
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pmDo you know how many people have completely debunked and embarrassed Kent Hovind and his son? Look up youtube videos from potholer54. Kent Hovind has been in the running for quite a few Golden Crocoduck awards.
Remember, ACTUAL science is what’s important. Not those who build upon fallacies, then bring them to either a very young audience, or a gullible christian audience looking for ways to satisfy the cognative dissonance of what they hear from true science reviewed papers.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:11pmUpholder
All theories are assumptions, assumptions based on other known facts. That‘s why they’re theories and not laws.
Report Post »Pontiac
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:57pm@DeavonReye
Not only is Kent Hovind a multiple Golden Crocoduck award winner, he’s also in the federal pen.
Did you hear that Leehweht, your creatard swindler is in jail.
Report Post »pdw
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:18amWe have Dinosaurs in Texas, Wyoming and Colorado, so why not? I remember years ago cannot remember but I think somewhere in Colorado they have a living museum where people can walk thru to watch them remove fossils of fish. One of the visitors said “Oh that is neat, how did you get them in there?”
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 12:02pmMany people don’t realize that many parts of the [now dry] americas were once part of the ocean. It is eye opening, . . . none the less.
Report Post »Larry E
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:04pmYou forgot Montana and South Dakota which have many dinosaur fossils, and it’s Utah that has Dinosaur National Monument with the parts of a dig uncovered for viewing.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:00pmSadly, that “visitor” is now the POTUS.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:08pmThermopolis, Wyoming is at about 5000 feet and it has hundreds of fossilized ocean creatures in it’s museum.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:10amWho-Hoooo!!
Report Post »cafanto
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:07amIt is awesome. I recently watched a video on the presence of giant humans, remains also found here in the U.S. as well as other areas of the world. Supports Genesis 6. Go to http://www.stevequayle.com/
Report Post »to watch it for yourself. Some were 30 ft tall!
DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:57amAnd they are ALL hoaxes. This has been discussed in extent before. Search the web and you will see.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:30pmHow many times per week do you ask yourself this, “I have hit the Zulu Lotto again”?
Report Post »BryanB
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:06amWhat kind of Mammoth ????
The story doesn’t say……..
Report Post »lessoneleg
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:06amA special one – “ ABigUn”. Yup, one of those really big un’s
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:57amI heard they named them Cagney & Lacey
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:40pmHow many kinds of mammoth’s are there? I’ve only heard of a “mammoth”
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:42pmI think it a LGBTP Mammoth that’s why there extinct.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:10pmWhen I was in Florida we found stone arrow heads, large herbivore teeth, there were many stories in the local news about mamoth, sabertooth and giant ground sloth remains being found during excavations.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:34pmIn one expedition we found what is beleived to be the first and last lesbian dinosaur, we named it Licolotapus and quikly determined that it died out after one generation.
Report Post »Ultra_C_
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:03amIn a related development, the mammoths’ remains have been registered as Democrats and intend to vote for Barack Obama in the fall.
Report Post »tradcatholicgirl
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 1:10pmMy first real chuckle of the day. Thanks.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:51pmAttackWatch!
Report Post »americansfightingforcommonsense
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:54amThat is really cool. Who would have thought that in Iowa you would find such bones.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:57amThis isn’t shocking. What‘s surprising is that we don’t fine MORE of them. Mammoths occupied this area thousands of years ago [as evidenced by these found remains]. . . . along with other creatures we don’t find here anymore.
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:10amHopefully Democrats will go the way of the mammoths in November.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:47pmSame thing that they found in Bidens head.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:45amA fascinating look into what the central U.S. must have been like more than 10,000 years ago.
Report Post »Ultra_C_
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:02amBefore Global Warming, er, I mean, Man Made Global Climate Change.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:55amHa! No. I know you’re being sarcastic, . . . and it’s funny. But just in case someone else thinks it serious, the planet goes through warming and cooling cycles. Have WE affected the climate any? Perhaps very minimal.
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:34pmI gotta go take a Gore.
Report Post »John 3:16
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:40amVery Cool.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:33amWow. They must be REALLY BIG.
Report Post »DOra Glasberg
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:58amBigger than Rush and Newt?
Report Post »Oneirishman
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 3:57pmNot when compared to the 30′ humans and Moochells Butt.
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