Comments on: Developing The Waco Mammoth Site https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/ Sat, 18 Apr 2015 18:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Katlego Ntshudisane https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476737 Sat, 18 Apr 2015 18:47:51 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476737 The development of the Mammoth site is a great initiative. The preservation of fossils is highly important as it allows individuals to acquire knowledge about prehistoric times that will help broaden our knowledge about current times. (u14018676)

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476736 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:14:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476736 OH, and Texas was not really a prime area. The entire continent had these beasts all over the place. Texas would be good but lots of other places too.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476735 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 21:14:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476735 Quintin, I’m not sure. An early mastodon in the US was 1705, in Claverack, NY, said to be the first, but there is a mastodon or mammoth (not sure) from Cambridge MA during the 17th century, so I’d not want to say for sure. I simply don’t know when the first mammoth find is.

]]> By: Quintin Rancatis https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476734 Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:14:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476734 When was the first mammoth found in the U.S and was Texas a prime area for mammoths to live?

]]> By: Amukelani mhlaba (u15058698) https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476733 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 20:02:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476733 Wow! this is one of the most amazing and intriguing discoveries i have ever heard of.Sites like these should be well preserved and i personally think that the discovered fossils should not be moved to museums instead they should be left where they were found

]]> By: FJ van Heerden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476732 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 15:36:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476732 I think it’s safe to assume that Lizanne.
Ethanne, not all fossils are bones; see the middle of comment number 2.

Pleistocene megafauna intrigues me, so I have my own question: Can one immediately differentiate the remains as being either those of a mastodon or those of a mammoth based just on the bones themselves?

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]]> By: Ethanne Liam Soar (u14148898) https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476731 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:39:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476731 It is incredible to hear of such discoveries such as these and i would like to know how this disovery was made? I would also like to know if there have been other discoveries like these and how such discoveries come about? Is it by chance or do scientists know of areas to explore?

I am a bit confused about the differences between fossils and bones still. I read the comments explaining this but am still a bit unsure. Are fossils basically bones that are very old and that have been found?

I am interested to read more about this topic if other people could please answer my quetions and give more information that they know on this topic. I would also like to know the answe for Lizanne Lombards question please, as well as Elewanis question.

]]> By: Lizanne Lombard https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476730 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 08:20:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476730 A catastrophic event regarding the nursery herd was mentioned. Is it correct to assume that it may have been flooding, since the words “rising waters and sucking mud” are mentioned?
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]]> By: Elelwani Tshikovhi https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476729 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 06:38:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476729 I know that i ice age happened almost 2.6 million years ago . would you date this fossils to that or you have specific date you found?14047366

]]> By: Nat https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/04/07/developing-the-waco-mammoth-site/#comment-476728 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 05:48:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21020#comment-476728 Note the name of Baylor’s President: yes, that Ken Starr. Also, Waco is pretty much the center of the Bible Belt and home to more than a fair share of creationists. I suspect the event that took the nursery was the Flood instead of a flood, and thereby contributed to the whole community embracing this find.

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