Mammoth Remains Found In The Everglades

CLEWISTON, FL (AP) -- Archaeologists are studying the remains of an Ice Age mammal recently found in the Everglades. Workers cleaning a canal discovered the teeth of one mammoth last month on the Seminole Tribe's Big Cypress Reservation. Archaeologists poring over the site soon found 100 other bones that may come from different species of mammoths.

One of the teeth found is still intact and weighs almost eight pounds. Archaeologists say the bones are more than 10,000 years old.

The remains of other ancient animals have also been found at the same site, including the bones of an extinct giant armadillo. Scientists say the site may have been one of the few watering holes where giant animals, meat eaters, plant eaters, and humans converged.

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