Post by L Roebuck on Feb 16, 2009 8:26:26 GMT -5
Uncovered bones are a hot find from the Ice Age
John Ackerman wasn't looking to dig up history as he crept through the cold, wet southern Minnesota cave that spring afternoon in 2008. A longtime caver, the 54-year-old Farmington man simply wanted to dig out some sediment to see where a newly discovered side passage might lead.
But the prehistoric stag moose antler he and two friends unearthed that day and a saber-tooth cat skull they found two months later may be the most significant paleontological discoveries in the Upper Midwest in years.
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John Ackerman wasn't looking to dig up history as he crept through the cold, wet southern Minnesota cave that spring afternoon in 2008. A longtime caver, the 54-year-old Farmington man simply wanted to dig out some sediment to see where a newly discovered side passage might lead.
But the prehistoric stag moose antler he and two friends unearthed that day and a saber-tooth cat skull they found two months later may be the most significant paleontological discoveries in the Upper Midwest in years.
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