21. Demise Of Atlantis And The Pleistocene Extinction Woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, giant armadillos, giant beavers, The mammoths of Siberia became extinct about the same time as the giant rhinoceros http://www.atlantisquest.com/Paleontology.html

HOME Page PALEONTOLOGICAL TESTIMONY The Pleistocene Extinction Paleontologists the world over know that something catastrophic happened to the large mammals roaming the world during the Pleistocene Epoch. Woolly mammoths, mastodons, toxodons, sabre-toothed tigers, woolly rhinos, giant ground sloths, and many other large Pleistocene animals are simply no longer with us. In fact, well over 200 species of animals (involving millions of individual animals) totally disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene some 10,000-12,000 years ago in what is known to Paleontologists as the Pleistocene Extinction (Click for table) THE AMERICAN REMAINS Back in middle 1940s Dr. Frank C. Hibben, Prof. of Archeology at the University of New Mexico mounted an expedition to Alaska to look for human remains. The remains he found were not human, but what he found was anything but evidence of gradualism or uniformitarianism. Instead he found miles of muck filled with the remains of mammoth, mastodon, several kinds of bison, horses, wolves, bears and lions. Just north of Fairbanks, Hibbens and his associates watched as bulldozers pushed the half-melted muck into sluice boxes for the extraction of gold. Animal tusks and bones rolled up in front of the blades "like shavings before a giant plane". The carcasses were found in all attitudes of death, most of them "pulled apart by some unexplainable prehistoric catastrophic disturbance" (Hibben, 1946). The evidence of the violence of nature combined with the stench of rotting carcasses was staggering. The ice fields containing these remains stretched for hundred of miles in every direction (Hibben, 1946). Trees and animals, layers of peat and mosses, twisted and mangled together like some giant mixer had jumbled them some 10,000 years ago, and then froze them into a solid mass. The evidence immediately suggests an enormous tidal wave which raged over the land, tumbling animals and vegetation within its mass, which was then quick-frozen (Sanderson, 1960). But the extinction is not limited to the Arctic.

22. L.A. Guertin - Fossil Hunts! Museums are beginning to offer certification programs in paleontology, Visitors can still tour the facility and see the fossil mammoths on display in http://www.sciencecareersweb.net/GeolWeb/Paleo_Opps.htm

P ALEONTOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES Below are listed some specific opportunities available through natural history museums in paleontology. Museums are beginning to offer certification programs in paleontology, where you become trained in curation and collections management. Some museums offer intensive field seminars in paleontology. Keep in mind that this list is not all-inclusive! Paleo-Course Work at Museums Paleontology Certification Program Denver Museum of Natural History http://www.dmnh.org/programs/adultPrograms/certificationPrograms.html Certification program offered to adults "wanting to learn more about paleontology and to develop skills in the collection and preservation of fossils. The core certification program consists of a series of required courses that provide students with an introduction to the history of life as revealed through the fossil record as well as comprehensive knowledge of the theories and techniques of paleontology. Beyond core certification, there are two specialized tracks – one Lab Specialization Certificate and a Field Specialization Certificate. Some optional courses are offered for college credit." The Paleobiology Training Program http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/ptp.html

23. Paleontology And Geology Glossary: Ma If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for is not in the mammoths (genus name Mammuthus) are extinct herbivorous mammals that had long, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexm.shtml

Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. ZoomDinosaurs.com Dinosaur and Paleontology Dictionary A B C D ... Z Click on an underlined word for more information on that subject. If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for is not in the dictionary, please e-mail us Ma Ma Me Mi Mo Mu-My ... MAASTRICHTIAN AGE The Maastrichtian age was the last part of the Cretaceous period . It lasted from about 71 to 65 million years ago, at the very end of the Mesozoic Era . Many dinosuars existed during this age, but it ended with a major mass extinction (the K-T extinction MACHAIRODUS Machairodus ( meaning "knife tooth") was a common saber-toothed cat that lived from about 15 million years ago until about 2 million years ago. Species of this scimitar cat have been found in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North America. This lion-sized meat-eating mammal had slender limbs and a short tail; the upper jaw canine teeth were large. Machairodus was named by Kaup in 1833. Classification: Family Felidae, Subfamily Machairodontinae, Genus Machairodus, many species. MACHAEROPROSOPUS (pronounced ma-KEER-oh-pro-SOH-pus) Machaeroprosopus ( meaning "knife face") was a phytosaur (not a dinosaur). This marine reptile had a thin, knife-like crest of its skull (hence its name). This crocodile-like animal had four short legs, a long tail, armored skin, sharp teeth in elongated jaws, and nostrils near the eyes. It lived during the late Triassic period. Fossils have been found in North America. Machaeroprosopus was named by Mehl in 1916; the type species is

24. Paleontology And Geology Glossary: W If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for is not in the dictionary, Woolly mammoths (scientific name Mammuthus primigenius) are extinct http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/glossary/indexw.shtml

EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. (Already a member? Click here. ZoomDinosaurs.com Dinosaur and Paleontology Dictionary A B C D ... Z Click on an underlined word for more information on that subject. If the dinosaur or paleontology term you are looking for is not in the dictionary, please e-mail us W WAKINOSAURUS (pronounced wah-KEER-ee-ah) Wakinosaurus ( meaning "Wakino [Japan] lizard") was a meat-eating dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period , about 144-125 million years ago. Fossils of this theropod were found in northern Kyushu Island, Japan. The type species is W. satoi . Wakinosaurus was named by Okazaki in 1992 . Wakinosaurus is a doubtful genus since only a partial tooth (serrated) has been found. WALGETTOSUCHUS (pronounced WALL-get-tuh-SOOK-us) Walgettosuchus ( meaning "Walgett [a town in New South Wales, Australia ] crocodile") was a meat-eating dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period , about 119-113 million years ago. This large, bipedal theropod was a tetanuran. Fossils have been found in Australia. The type species is

25. American Scientist Online - Mammoth As Mascot This is not a book about mammoths, declares Claudine Cohen in the introductionto The Her true subject, she explains, is the history of paleontology. http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/16211

Home Current Issue Archives Bookshelf ... Subscribe In This Section Reviewed in This Issue Book Reviews by Issue New Books Received Publishers' Directory ... Virtual Bookshelf Archive Site Search Advanced Search Visitor Login Username Password Help with login Forgot your password? Change your username see list of all reviews from this issue: January-February 2003 PALEONTOLOGY Mammoth as Mascot Adrienne Mayor The Fate of the Mammoth: Fossils, Myth, and History . Claudine Cohen. Translated by William Rodarmor. xxxvi + 297 pp. University of Chicago Press, 2002. $30. This is not a book about mammoths," declares Claudine Cohen in the introduction to The Fate of the Mammoth . Her true subject, she explains, is the history of paleontology. The mammoth is the icon she has chosen to trace the mythic imagery and early scientific inquiries that led to modern understanding of extinct species. click for full image and caption The Fate of the Mammoth was originally published in French in 1994. Cohen, a historian of science, has written a new preface for this English translation, listing recent publications in the history of paleontology and new scientific discoveries, including cloning developments that may someday bring a mammoth to life.

26. Past Lives: Chronicles Of Canadian Paleontology - David Thompson: Mammoth Hunter The site presents Canadian paleontology, divided in 39 chronicles. David Thompson s quest for mammoths transcended the living and the fossil realm. http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/38_e.php

Contact us Help Search Canada site ... Natural Resources Canada Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Introduction Earth's bones Deep time Pethei stromatolites ... Fossil salmon Mammoth hunter Shudder of life About the authors Related links GSC History Sir William Logan PaleoGallery GSC Paleontology ... GAC Paleontology Geological Survey of Canada Print version Earth Sciences Sector Geological Survey of Canada Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology David Thompson: mammoth hunter David Thompson's quest for mammoths transcended the living and the fossil realm. He looked, in vain, in stream banks throughout the west for fossil bones and tusks and then was challenged by the possibility of meeting a living mammoth in a pass through the Rockies A tusk, third molar and large bone of a mammoth from the Yukon Territory. Tusk is over 1.1 m across curvature. University of Alberta Collections. Photo by BDEC (c). The scientific and systematic search for fossils in Canada started in 1797 when the celebrated geographer and cartographer David Thompson quit the Hudson's Bay Company to go to work for the North West Company. Among the explicit instructions he received from his new bosses was a most unusual one that had nothing to do with surveying or map making or with the fur trade. They requested that, "in the interests of science and history he was to look for the fossils of large animals, and any monuments". No written record exists that explains the rationale for this remarkable directive, but it might have been "in the interests of commerce", alluding to mammoth ivory which was already the object of a lucrative trade in Siberia.

27. Past Lives: Chronicles Of Canadian Paleontology - Where The Earth Shows Its Bone The site presents Canadian paleontology, divided in 39 chronicles. plants,corals, trilobites, termites, fishes, ammonites and mammoths. http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/01_e.php

Contact us Help Search Canada site ... Natural Resources Canada Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Introduction Earth's bones Deep time Pethei stromatolites Eozoon canadense Gunflint chert ... About the authors Related links GSC History Sir William Logan PaleoGallery GSC Paleontology ... GAC Paleontology Geological Survey of Canada Print version Earth Sciences Sector Geological Survey of Canada Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology Where the Earth shows its bones of wind-broken stones And then Inglismaldie. Now I remember only The long ascent of the lonely valley, the live Pine spirally scarred by lightning, the slicing pipe Of invisible pika, and the great prints, by the lowest Snow, of a grizzly. There it was too that David Taught me to read the scroll of coral in limestone And the beetle-seal in the shale of ghostly trilobites, Letters delivered to man from the Cambrian waves. excerpt from the quintessentially Canadian narrative poem "David" by Earle Birney (1904-1995) about mountains, friendship and tragedy set amid the Paleozoic peaks of the Rockies The bones of the Earth at Mistaken Point, Avalon Peninsula. Photo by David Rudkin, Royal Ontario Museum (c)

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29. Paleontology Links, Articles And Topics At Suite101.com What s the difference between mammoths, mastodons, and elephants?......Links, topics and articles at Suite101 related to paleontology. http://www.suite101.com/subjectheadings/contents.cfm/1035

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30. Woolly Rhino mammoths lived in herds, the Wooly Rhino lived just as his recent relatives do, WOOLLY mammoths paleontology INDEX PHYSICAL SCIENCES http://www.crystalinks.com/woollyrhino.html

Woolly Rhino Animal remains found in Pleistocene sediments can be divided in two groups: Woolly Mammoth , Giant Irish Deer, Cave Bear, Musk Ox - Hippopotamus, Giant Sloth During the Pleistocene epoch of Europe and Asia - about 1.8 million years ago until about 10,000 years ago - the end of the last Ice Age - the fauna consisted of several species of rhinoceroses. One such species was the woolly rhinoceros - Coelodonta antiquitatis. Coelodonta had long, gray-brown, shaggy fur and two large horns (made of matted hair). The larger horn, at the tip of the snout, grew to be up to 3 feet (1 m) long in mature males. The woolly rhino was about 11 feet (3.5 m) long. The woolly rhino was an herbivore (a plant-eater). This species grazed temperate grasslands and tundra. It was adapted to eating the grass that grew on the Eurasian steppe. Its habitat was vast, extending from eastern Asia to the British Isles. However, unlike the woolly mammoth and other Pleistocene mammals, the woolly rhinoceros did not manage to migrate across the Bering Strait into North America. Mammoths lived in herds, the Wooly Rhino lived just as his recent relatives do, alone or in very small family groups.

31. Paleontology Science Explorations Newletter Aug 2003 Extinct mammoths and mastodons belong to the same order as the two living elephant founded the science of vertebrate paleontology and established that http://www.hometrainingtools.com/catalog/earth-space-science/articles/paleontolo

Mon - Fri, 9am - 6pm, CST Cart My Account Wish List Help Free Catalog ... Science Kit Items More Shopping Science Kits Chemistry Kits Life Science Kits Science Fair Ideas ... Newsletter Email Updates Science Newsletter (Exclusive sales, monthly specials, new product info.) HTML Text Paleontology Table of Contents Teaching Tips: Fossils; Do We Know What Dinosaurs Looked Like?; "Here be Dragons"; Frozen Mammoths, Mummified People Noteworthy Scientist: Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) Fabulous Facts The Scientific Speaker Science Links Teaching Tip: Fossils When animals or plants are rapidly buried in layers of mud during a natural catastrophe, their bodies are protected from normal processes of decay: scavengers, bacteria, and chemicals are prevented from breaking down their bodies at the usual rate. The hard parts of the animals (such as their bones, teeth, and shells) are eventually replaced with minerals from the mud, which turn them into rock. The soft parts of the specimen, such as the scales of a fish or the leaves of a plant, sometimes leave a colored imprint in rock before they eventually decay. Trees or other organic matter that are covered with silica-rich water become petrifiedthey turn into solid mineral. All of these methods result in what we know as fossils. Fossils are most commonly found in limestone, shale, and sandstone, all relatively soft rock that erodes more easily than most rocks do. As the rock gradually wears away, the fossil layers within it are exposed.

32. The Mammoth Site Museum's Discovery & History paleontology is the study of preexisting life based on fossils. A fossil couldbe an actual Just about everything you wanted to know about mammoths! http://www.mammothsite.com/MammothSitePaleontology.html

The Mammoth Site 1800 Hwy 18 By Pass P O Box 692 Hot Springs, SD 57747-0692 Phone: 605-745-6017 email: mammoth@mammothsite.com Dr. Larry Agenbroad has been Principal Investigator at the Mammoth Site since 1974 when the first mammoth bones were discovered. Pictured here in the exhibit hall with the Arctodus simus (giant short-faced bear ) replica, Dr. Agenbroad has raised public awareness of the Ice Age and mammoths world-wide through his research and publications. Paleontology is the study of pre-existing life based on fossils. A fossil could be an actual portion of the animal, such as bones, teeth, or shells, or maybe replaced by minerals such as silica, iron and manganese as in petrified wood. A fossil may also be a track or a trail, an imprint or a cast, anything that indicates preexisting life forms. Through paleontology scientists hope to create a more complete understanding of how life has changed since it first appeared in the geologic record of time. The majority of fossils found at the Mammoth Site are from the North American Columbian mammoth. Evidence of three woolly mammoths have also been discovered here, making this "east meets west mammoth gathering" the first time both species have been found together. Fossils of other Ice Age animals have also been discovered; camel, llama, giant short-faced bear, wolf, coyote and prairie dog to name a few. Imprint fossils of bird feathers, complete fish skeletons, and thousands of mollusk shells have also been recovered from this now-dry 26,000 year old sinkhole.

33. Mammoth Site Science And Research paleontology is the study of preexisting life based on fossils. giant shortfacedbear (Arctodus simus ) and the three of the site s Columbian mammoths. http://www.mammothsite.com/Science & Research.html

Mammoth Information Mammoth Site Vertebrate Fossil Photos Paleo Links Paleontology is the study of preexisting life based on fossils. A fossil could be an actual portion of the animal, such as bones, teeth, or shells, or maybe replaced by minerals such as silica, iron and manganese or as in petrified wood. A fossil may also be a track or trail, an imprint or a cast, anything that indicates preexisting life forms. Through paleontology scientists hope to create a more complete understanding of how life has changed since it first appeared in the geologic record of time. Dr. Larry Agenbroad, Mammoth Site Principal Investigator The Mammoth Site provides the following to the worldwide scientific community: a comparative collection of mammoth remains, Ice Age vertebrates and invertebrates, geology, and 26,000 year old environmental data. This information is the basis for investigations, exhibits, and educational programs at the Mammoth Site. Dr. Larry Agenbroad was appointed Mammoth Site Principal Investigator in 1974. The Mammoth Site's methods of research, interpretation, and exhibits are studied for implementation around the world. The Mammoth Site has sponsored a "Visiting Scientist" program in which a researcher is invited to study at the site during the month of July. Visiting professionals have included:

34. South Dakota Tourism -- Travel Information For The Mount Rushmore State Since 1974, 53 Columbian mammoths and three woolly mammoths have been unearthed . back to top archaeology paleontology museums http://travelsd.com/events/archaeology/paleo.asp

Home Events Archaeology : Current Page archaeology museums M ammoth Kill Site near Brookings In August 2001, three fishermen canoeing along the banks of the Big Sioux River spotted what they thought looked like animal remains in the side of a cliff. Later investigation revealed evidence of an 11,000-year-old mammoth kill site. Archaeologists uncovered the skull, jawbone, ribs and other bones of a mammoth and some bison along with stone tools. The public is encouraged to visit the site and learn how a paleontological dig is conducted. Visitors can study fossils and talk to paleontologists. Call , e-mail mike.fosha@state.sd.us or visit www.sdsmt.edu/wwwsarc Big Pig Dig, Badlands National Park The dig at the Conata Picnic Site was expected to take a few hours but has actually lasted 12 years. Discovered by accident in 1993 by two park visitors, the site is thought to represent a 32 million-year-old watering hole where thirsty animals became stuck. When hungry carnivores attempted to prey on the

35. PALEONTOLOGY: ON LATE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS Evidence from paleontology, climatology, archaeology, and ecology now supports the when the mastodons and mammoths, the ground sloths and glyptodonts, http://scienceweek.com/2005/sb050121-3.htm

Subscriptions Archives Contact Us Home ... Advertising ScienceWeek Crossing Barriers Since 1997 Receive free new report announcements by Email: ScienceWeek TOC Alerts About ScienceWeek Archives Contact Us ... Subscriptions ScienceWeek PALEONTOLOGY: ON LATE PLEISTOCENE EXTINCTIONS Notes by ScienceWeek: The Pleistocene epoch is the time-frame 1.64 million years ago to 10,000 years ago (the beginning of the present Holocene). The following points are made by A.D. Barnosky et al (Science 2004 306:70): 1) Fifty thousand years ago, continents were populated with more than 150 genera of megafauna (animals weighing more than 44 kg) [1-4]. By 10,000 years ago, at least 97 of those genera were gone [5]. Prevailing explanations include human impacts [1,2,5], environmental changes [1,2], and a combination of both [1,3,4]. If humans caused the extinctions, it will profoundly influence our thinking about what is "natural", how ecosystems respond to different scales and kinds of environmental change, how long extinctions take, and conservation of species and ecosystems [2]. 2) Anthropogenic extinction models, including overkill, blitzkrieg (rapid overkill), and sitzkrieg (fire, habitat fragmentation, and the introduction of exotic species and diseases), have been considered plausible because large animals were preferentially affected [1,2,5]. Species with low reproductive rates, with which large body size correlates, were hit hardest. Almost all of the slow-breeding survivors in Australia, Eurasia, the Americas, and Madagascar are nocturnal, arboreal, alpine, and/or deep-forest dwellers, which is consistent with overkill models of extinction but hard to explain by environmental change alone. Survival of large, open-country, slow-breeding animals in Africa is an exception to this pattern that must be factored into extinction explanations.

36. About Mammoths mammoths were first described by German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenback in and mastodon teeth by browsing the images at The paleontology Portal). http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/mammoth/about_mammoths.html

Skeletal mount of a Columbian mammoth at The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Photo by Dave Smith, UCMP. Mammoths were first described by German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenback in 1799. He gave the name Elephas primigenius to elephant-like bones that had been found in Europe. Both Blumenbach and Baron Georges Cuvier of France concluded, independently, that the bones belonged to an extinct species. The bones belonged to the woolly mammoth, later considered to be a distinct genus, and so renamed Mammuthus primigenius Mammoth evolution Mammoths stem from an ancestral species called M. africanavus , the African mammoth. These mammoths lived in northern Africa and disappeared about 3 or 4 million years ago. Descendants of these mammoths moved north and eventually covered most of Eurasia. These were M. meridionalis , the “southern mammoths.” A restoration of a Columbian mammoth. Art © 1992 by Mark Hallett. In the early Pleistocene, about 1.8 million years ago, M. meridionalis took advantage of low sea levels (during an Ice Age) and crossed into North America via a temporary land bridge across the Bering Strait. The southern mammoth then radiated throughout North America. In the Middle Pleistocene, a new North American species evolved, the imperial mammoth, M. imperator

37. The Dinosauria mammoths and mastodons are mammals and did not appear until many millions ofyears after A current update of dominant thinking in dinosaur paleontology. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html

Michael Skrepnick The Dinosauria Dinosaurs, one of the most successful groups of animals (in terms of longevity) that have ever lived, evolved into many diverse sizes and shapes, with many equally diverse modes of living. The term "Dinosauria" was invented by Sir Richard Owen in 1842 to describe these "fearfully great reptiles," specifically Megalosaurus Iguanodon , and Hylaeosaurus , the only three dinosaurs known at the time. The creatures that we normally think of as dinosaurs lived during the Mesozoic Era, from late in the Triassic period (about 225 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago). But we now know that they actually live on today as the birds Running Deinonychus Some things to keep in mind about dinosaurs: Not everything big and dead is a dinosaur. All too often, books written (or movies made) for a popular audience include animals such as mammoths, mastodons, pterosaurs, plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs, and the sail-backed Dimetrodon . Dinosaurs are a specific subgroup of the archosaurs , a group that also includes crocodiles, pterosaurs, and birds. although

38. UNSM Publications | Museum Notes | Vertebrate Paleontology Museum Notes related to Vertebrate paleontology Nebraska s Fossil Elephantsthe Mastodonts and mammoths Illustrated account of the discovery and http://www-museum.unl.edu/pubs/notes/vpnotes.html

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM "MUSEUM NOTES" SERIES "Museum Notes" r elated to Vertebrate Paleontology 8. "The Camel Story" Early evidence of camel ancestors in Nebraska and their migration with facts about camels and their relatives. (1959) (4 pages). 11. "Rhinoceroses of the Past" History and description (with photos) of the Great Plains area and the world. More information on the Planetarium. (1960) (4 pages). 12. "Nebraska's Changing Climate" Story of the climatic changes in Nebraska history with drawings and photographs of some of the animals typical of various climates. Photograph of "Archie" ( Archidiskodon imperator maibeni ), world's largest elephant, exhibited in the University of Nebraska State Museum. Also an article on color variation in animals. (1960) (4 pages). 15. "Ice Age Migrants from Asia" Story of the migration of prehistoric mammals due to climatic changes, with information on specific animals which migrated to and from the Great Plains area. (1961) (4 pages). 19. "Nebraska's Prehistoric Horses"

39. Paleontology Links This site contains links to paleontology sites, information about paleontology, amber, collecting, origins of life, mammoths, and paleogeography. http://www.esconi.org/Paleontology Links.htm

E.S.C.O.N.I. PALEONTOLOGY LINKS Sloth World http://www.sloth-world.org/ Sharks' Teeth WWW.ELASMO.COM Paul Sereno's Dinosaur Web Site Paul Sereno's web site provides information on Paul Sereno and his paleontology research, including the dinosaurs Eoraptor, Suchomimus, Deltadromius, Herrerasaurus, Afrovenator and Carcharodontosaurus. http://dinosaur.uchicago.edu Paul Sereno's Niger Trip Web Site Paul Serono's trip to Niger is chronicled on this web site with the latest daily information. http://www.projectexploration.org/ Dave's Down To Earth Rock Shop www.davesdowntoearthrockshop.com MAPS (Midwest Area Paleontological Society) DINO RUSS's LAIR www.dinoruss.com www.dinoruss.org PaleoPublications ... Paleontology Resources Paleontology related news, books and web resources (Marc Janeway) http://www.qozi.com/paleontology/form.html Paleoartisans Homepage This site contains links to paleontology sites, information about paleontology, and scientifically accurate dinosaur t-shirts http://members.tripod.com/~paleoartisans/index.htm Paleo Ring A webring with a large selection of different paleontology and anthropology sites.

40. Resurrecting Extinct Megafauna By Larry D. Agenbroad The only missing megafauna are woolly mammoths, woolly rhinos, and cave lions . He also studies the geology, archaeology, and paleontology of the http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/agenbroad.html

home search author directory updates signup ... education author bio Larry D. Agenbroad, Ph.D., is director of the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and professor emeritus at Northern Arizona University... biotechnology cloning Resurrecting Extinct Megafauna By Larry D. Agenbroad An ActionBioscience.org original article article highlights Ever since woolly mammoths have been found frozen in permafrost the possibility of cloning this extinct species has given rise to questions: Is it moral and ethical to do so?

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