Here's something you don't read everyday: 10,000-year-old mammoth bones were discovered under an end zone in Oregon State's Reser Stadium on Tuesday.
CRAZY! PHOTO: 10,000 yr old Mammoth bones found under Reser Stadium @ Oregon State University. Pic @oregonstateuniv pic.twitter.com/a3xawKcNaX
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) January 27, 2016
PHOTOS: 10,000 year old Mammoth Bones discovered under Oregon State University's football stadium. Pics: OSU pic.twitter.com/aYGAfrBzCC
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) January 27, 2016
There was something BIG found at @Reser_Stadium. Actually, it was MAMMOTH. Details >> https://t.co/DaLq2M2UvB pic.twitter.com/ArmqN2P6tQ
— Beaver Athletics (@beaverathletics) January 27, 2016
From oregonstate.edu:
CORVALLIS, Ore. – On Saturdays in the fall, cleats pound the turf at Reser Stadium at Oregon State University. But new evidence dug up during an expansion project of the Valley Football Center has revealed that some much larger creatures once roamed this location more than 10,000 years ago.
Construction crews digging in the north end zone in Reser Stadium on Monday uncovered a large femur bone, likely from a mammoth. Further discovery revealed more bones from several extinct mammals.
“There are quite a few bones, and dozens of pieces,” said Loren Davis, an associate professor of anthropology at OSU who was called to the site after the initial discovery was made. “Some of the bones are not in very good shape, but some are actually quite well preserved.
Perhaps Michigan could try a similar excavation at the Big House. It might find ancient relics of its last undisputed national title.
