The Mammoths of San Diego
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Mammoth found at construction site in San Diego:http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/05/1m5mammoth233314-mammoth-discovery/?zIndex=48237
(The layer of shells above and below the bones allow specialists to determine how old they are. Since the bones are fossilized there is nothing organic to test: they are, for all intents and purposes, stone. A long view of climate change in San Diego, and some perspective. Note that the same type of mammoth, rabbit bones, and shells (and evidence of a different climate) have also been found at the La Brea Tar Pits.)
More science:
http://www.livescience.com/animals/090205-mammoth-discovery.html
Another San Diego mammoth:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/05/1m5bell233312-another-mammoths-bones-get-new-digs/?zIndex=48231
Jefferson's mammoth (the same species):
(More history.)
The mammoth has now been joined by a whale.
See also: Zed the Mammoth.
-Kushana
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