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04-28-2007, 05:33 AM #1
Ancient Camel Bones Found in Arizona
Ancient Camel Bones Found in Arizona
By Associated Press
2 hours ago
PHOENIX - Workers digging at the future site of a Wal-Mart store in suburban Mesa have unearthed the bones of a prehistoric camel that's estimated to be about 10,000 years old.
Arizona State University geology museum curator Brad Archer hurried out to the site Friday when he got the news that the owner of a nursery was carefully excavating bones found at the bottom of a hole being dug for a new ornamental citrus tree.
"There's no question that this is a camel; these creatures walked the land here until about 8,000 years ago, when the same event that wiped out a great deal of mammal life took place," Archer told The Arizona Republic.
Wal-Mart officials and Greenfield Citrus Nursery owner John Babiarz have already agreed that the bones will go directly on display at ASU.
Archer said some of them may be placed on display very soon, but most will take several months "to get sorted out and stabilized."
"In my 15 years at ASU doing this work I can think of six or seven times when finds this important have been made," Archer said. "This is the first camel. Others have been horses, once a mammoth on Happy Valley Road. This sort of thing is extremely rare."Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, as vital to our lives and water and good bread
- Edward Abbey
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04-28-2007 05:33 AM # ADS
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04-28-2007, 06:37 AM #2
You can find anything at Wal-Mart.
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04-28-2007, 01:03 PM #3Originally Posted by sparker1It's only "science" if it supports the narrative.
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04-30-2007, 02:33 PM #4Originally Posted by sparker1
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05-01-2007, 07:03 AM #5Originally Posted by sparker1
How could one hate Wal-Farts
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05-01-2007, 11:52 AM #6Originally Posted by sparker1
You made me giggle.I wish my lawn was EMO so it would cut itself.
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05-02-2007, 06:40 AM #7
It's nice that ASU now has a full set of bones for the camel toes they have displayed for years.....
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