UMaine Students, Staff Removing 11,000-year-old fossils from Cave, Media Report
University of Maine staff and students are taking part in a two-week field camp at Wind Cave National Park in Hot Springs, South Dakota. Jim Mead of East Tennessee State University is head of the multi-organization crew that will remove material that contains fossils from at least 22 species dating back 11,000 years. The crew also will screen-wash the material and prepare it for curation. Persistence Cave, as it has been dubbed, was discovered in 2004, according to the Rapid City Journal, NewsCenter 1 TV and newser. NewsCenter 1 TV reported that scientists said preliminary samples from the 11,000-year-old animal bones will help them understand how the region, including climate, has changed.