Re: Elephant/Mammoth NA

From: Philip Deitiker (Donevenask_at_worlnet.att.net)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:02:04 GMT

lorad474@cs.com says in
news:1108957786.390851.225440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

>> They have a number of mastadon finds in the hill country and
>> surrounding areas. The alkali soil probably has alot to do with
>> the preservation.
>
> Not always. Many mastadon and mammoth skeletons have been
> recovered in bogs and swamps (often acidic).
> see: http://www.in.gov/dnr/public/julaug02/cover.htm

That's the other scenario, you find not only bone but whole animal.
 
> One local pioneer journal, ca 1840s, describes an entire skull
> exposed on a gravel bank of a local river - not far from where I
> live.

Calcium carbonate gravel will also protect bone from decay.

> Agree. But the extiction occured not only on the southern plains
> - but all over NA.

Of course.
 
> People (new style hunters) must ultimately be the ones to blame.
> http://www.everything2.com/?node_id=1694655
>
> But.. what puzzles me is how strong the hunting pressure (and
> therefore size of the human population) might have been in order
> to drive all of those species into extinction.

It apparently grew rapidly after 12,000 years ago, there is a claim
of a robust people living in ohio 10,000 years ago, with a fairly
large population. 

-- 
Philip
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