https://freerepublic.com/tag/bighornmtns/ en-us Sat, 9 Aug 2014 09:33:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190765/posts (Reuters) - Scientists excavating an ancient Wyoming sinkhole containing a rare trove of fossils of Ice Age mammals have unearthed hundreds of bones of such prehistoric animals as American cheetahs, a paleontologist said on Friday. The two-week dig by an international team of researchers led by Des Moines University paleontologist Julie Meachen marked the first exploration of Natural Trap Cave at the base of the Bighorn Mountains in north-central Wyoming since its initial discovery in the 1970s. Meachen said the extensive excavation that began late last month uncovered roughly 200 large bones of animals like horses that roamed North America... Reuters https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3190765/posts#comment Sat, 9 Aug 2014 09:33:26 GMT