James Bristle, a farmer in Michigan, United States would have never guessed in his wildest dreams, what he would chance upon as he and his friend set about digging in a soybean farm. The men were working in preparation for a new gas line in Washtenaw County when they discovered a mud-covered bone they initially thought was as old, bent fence post.
After realizing that their discovery wasn’t any ordinary farm find, they called for an expert from the University of Michigan, to inspect their find. After palaeontologist Dan Fisher examined the skeleton’s teeth, he confirmed that they belonged to a 40-year-old woolly mammoth that died between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago, reports the Michigan Live.
Volunteers are still excavating skeleton, which will be cleaned, dried and re-examined by scientists, according to a report in Mental Floss.
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