The Human Touch
The findings in Argentina described previously and this one in Michigan ended up people questioning the reason for them ending up there. Talking about farmers witnessing strange things, the incident of a South American farmer coming across an Ice Age relic later named, “Michigan Mammoth” is worth mentioning. Michigan Prof. Dan Fisher went on to state that the mammoth aged around 40-years when it met its death based on his hypothesis. He added, “We think that humans were here and may have butchered and stashed the meat so that they could come back later for it.”
The Bristle Mammoth
The significance of the discovery increases from the fact that Mammoths along with their distant relative, the mastodon, are known to be the most prominent species from the Ice Age to ever grace the earth. Prof. Fisher claimed that the bones dated back to 15,000 years before and were of a creature that got extinct some 10,000 years ago are the ancestors of modern elephants.
Revolutionary Evidence?
Research on the structure unearthed continued in order to find some more clues to get an idea of any human presence at that time such as a cut mark. This discovery can prove to revolutionary giving an exact description of the arrival of mankind on the planet and would prove whether the theory of the woolly mammoth and humans interacting in the eastern Great Lakes basin is true or not.
Mammoth Findings Are Common?
The sheer rarity of the discovery has made it more astonishing. “We get calls once or twice a year about new specimens like this,” Fisher told, adding, “however, that they usually turn out to be mastodons.” Michigan has previously been the site from where 30 mammoth and 300 mastodon findings have been made.
Cross-Continental Coincidences
It is because of alert and inquisitive farmers like James Bristle and Jose Antonio Nievas, that the scientists are able to receive a specimen on which they can conduct research and come with far-reaching results on the history of planet Earth. These extremely precious specimens are now in the safe custody of the scientists rather than being buried in a farm.