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Anthropology

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8. Enthusiast! I used to teach not far from Ashfall Fossil Beds...

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 11:01 AM

Apr 2015

way, way back in the day. LOL!

Fantastic place to visit. They were killed by volcanism in Wyoming (Yellowstone Caldera), just next door.

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Fantastic Chauvet Cave finally opens to public - discovered in 1994 [View all] Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 OP

Fabulous. Now just where do you suppose they saw a rhino? Scuba Apr 2015 #1

Herds of them, roaming around just outside the cave, Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Enthusiast Apr 2015 #3

Rhinos were a very widespread species 36,000 years ago. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #5

I found this interesting. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #6

Enthusiast! I used to teach not far from Ashfall Fossil Beds... Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #8

Cool! I wondered if it might have been a Yellowstone eruption. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #9

Artist's image of the herds hanging out around the water hole... Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #10

I first got roped in by this fascinating stuff when I used to Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #12

That looks like a wonderful museum! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #13

For a sparsely populated state with limited means, compared to Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #14

For those who'd like to know more, there's this from Omaha Steve: Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #4

They will make fantastic lithographs. Baitball Blogger Apr 2015 #7