Article Summary | E. J. Cable, museum curator said the bone is from an Elephas (elephant-like) species of mammouth or a preglacial age mastodon, more ancient than the three Elephas species known to have existed. |
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The 45 pound humerus (shoulder) bone recently washed up by the Cedar river may be 300 to 400 thousand years old
Type | Publication | Issue | Volume | Number | page |
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News | Public Relations News Release | Thursday, May 24, 1951 | 1950 | 378 | 1 |
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