Post by L Roebuck on Dec 18, 2007 13:03:44 GMT -5
Bahamas "Blue Hole" Yields Pre-Human Fossil Treasures
Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News
A unique "blue hole" is giving expert divers and scientists a chance to travel back in time for a rare glimpse of life in the pre-human Bahamas.
The deep underwater cave, known as Sawmill Sink, is filled with a treasure trove of well-preserved fossils, including the remains of tortoises and crocodiles previously unknown to exist in the West Indies.
The sinkhole also holds the ancient remains of globally or locally extinct species of lizards, snakes, bats, birds, and plants.
In addition, the cave has yielded human bones that may be the first-known Bahamian—a young person who lived some 1,050 years ago.
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Brian Handwerk, National Geographic News
A unique "blue hole" is giving expert divers and scientists a chance to travel back in time for a rare glimpse of life in the pre-human Bahamas.
The deep underwater cave, known as Sawmill Sink, is filled with a treasure trove of well-preserved fossils, including the remains of tortoises and crocodiles previously unknown to exist in the West Indies.
The sinkhole also holds the ancient remains of globally or locally extinct species of lizards, snakes, bats, birds, and plants.
In addition, the cave has yielded human bones that may be the first-known Bahamian—a young person who lived some 1,050 years ago.
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