Full skeleton of Bison antiquus
This file appears in: An Unlikely Find--Bison antiquus in the San Juans
Slightly larger and heavier than the American bison, the Bison antiquus became a common herbivore in North America for thousands of years. This specimen was found in New Mexico.
This file appears in: An Unlikely Find--Bison antiquus in the San Juans
An Unlikely Find--Bison antiquus in the San Juans – The discovery of bison bones rewrites our understanding of the first humans in North America
In 2003, while working on a local pond, a crew with a trackhoe began excavations for a pond when one of the men spotted a bone jutting out of the dig site. With careful examination, the crew started sifting through the loose soil and gathered almost…