Not all the finds being unearthed by the teams working in Dinoland are dinosaurs. At this Dig Site (head to the upper level of the Boneyard and across the Oldengate Bridge), the team has discovered the fossilized remains of a Columbian Mammoth, dating back approximately 10,000 years.
As the interns and Guest paleontologists uncover more of the find, they come across evidence of what might have happened to this creature. The tracks of both humans and a Sabertooth cat (Smilodon) can be found. There's also a spear tip and marks on the bones left by human tools. Was the Mammoth hunted by a tribe of warriors? Maybe, but there are also fragments from a Smilodon fang and scrapes on another bone.
Typical of many such sites, there are different ways of interpreting the fossil evidence... and differences of opinion among those doing the work.
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