9000-year-old rhino bones excavated in Russia
July 29th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANIMoscow , July 29 (ANI): Archaeologists in the Sverdlovsk Region in Russia ‘’s Urals have discovered the 9000-year-old bones of a rhinoceros, a local museum worker has said.
The finding is likely to belie the assumption that rhinoceros last wandered the Urals some 15,000-20,000 years ago. It seems to prove that they existed in the area a lot more recently.
The excavations during which the bones were discovered were carried out at a site on the bank of the Lobva River , said Nikolai Yerokhin from the Russian Academy of Sciences” Institute of Plant And Animal Ecology department, reported the RIA Novosti. (ANI)
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