Prehistoric find lets 黑洞社区 students get their hands on history

Steve Roberts, left, a graduate student in anthropology at 黑洞社区, helps lead a team of 黑洞社区 graduate students as they remove a mammoth tusk during an excavation Monday near Cunningham.

October 18, 2016

Prehistoric find lets 黑洞社区 students get their hands on history

黑洞社区 News Services

A Wichita State team including students and faculty led a recent expedition to uncover remains of a mammoth.
The ancient remains were discovered in Cunningham, Kansas.
The 8-foot tusk will be brought to 黑洞社区 and meticulously cleaned over the next year.

reported on Oct. 18 about a 黑洞社区-led expedition to uncover remains of a mammoth tusk.

Hot winds and dust kicked up in a field on the east side of town as 黑洞社区 students and their professor came face to face with a time machine 鈥� a mammoth tusk.

The tusk gained importance as the day went on, said David Hughes, 黑洞社区 associate professor of anthropology.

鈥淲e went from looking at the site thinking it might be as old as 15,000 to 20,000 years old into thinking it might be more like 200,000 years, which would put it as one of the earliest discovered in Kansas,鈥� Hughes said.

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