The Western Hemisphere. General term for the Americas following their discovery by Europeans, thus setting them in contradistinction to the Old World of Africa, Europe, and Asia.
They explained the pitfalls and conundrums of having a large fossil on your property. If it's a particularly primo specimen, it might be worth something, but there's no way to tell until someone digs it out, and the universities and museums best qualified to do the digging can't afford to turn a shovel unless they know they can keep what they find.
Beld says the Columbian mammoth who's surrendering his parts was probably in his late 40s. Oddly enough, that first tooth wasn't his. That fact and the presence of some primitive Paleo-Indian tools have prompted a theory -- the 10-ton mammoth was killed elsewhere and dragged to a pond used for butchering and cold storage.
A "10-ton mammoth"? That would be world news as mammoths were anywhere between 2 and 6 tonnes max max.
So much for expert paleontologist's commentary – or editorial embellishment.
Digit wrote:Sorry RS, it says it's a Columbian mammoth, they are reputed to have attained such weights.
I know Wikipedia says that is the estimate but I have a hard time envisaging a land animal twice the size of a big adult African bull elephant of today.
Yeah, just like Obama was 'reputed' to be the messiah that would solve everything, while in reality he's simply continued Bush' religious right wing policies. I.o.w.: 'reputed' is bullshit.
Digit wrote:Sorry RS, it says it's a Columbian mammoth, they are reputed to have attained such weights.
I know Wikipedia says that is the estimate but I have a hard time envisaging a land animal twice the size of a big adult African bull elephant of today.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
Digit wrote:Sorry RS, it says it's a Columbian mammoth, they are reputed to have attained such weights.
I know Wikipedia says that is the estimate but I have a hard time envisaging a land animal twice the size of a big adult African bull elephant of today.
