James Bristle and a friend were digging in his southern Michigan soybean field when they unearthed,a cranium and two tusks, along with numerous vertebraeJames Bristle and a friend were digging in his southern Michigan soybean field when they unearthed what looked like a bent fence post, and caked with mud. Instead,it was piece of a pelvis from an ancient woolly mammoth that lived up to 15000 years ago.
A team of paleontologists from the University of Michigan and an excavator recovered about 20% of the animal’s skeleton this week in Washtenaw County’s Lima Township. Aside from the pelvis, they found the cranium and two tusks, or along with numerous vertebrae,ribs and both shoulder blades.
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Source: theguardian.com