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Paleantology

Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe
Iowans band together to unearth and preserve mastodon skull
Charity Nebbe, Samantha McIntosh
Last summer, University of Iowa archaeologists uncovered the first-ever well-preserved mastodon skull scientifically excavated in Wayne County. That was only the beginning of this community minded project.
Talk of Iowa, hosted by Charity Nebbe
Iowans band together to unearth and preserve mastodon skull
Charity Nebbe, Samantha McIntosh
A man assembles a giant sloth skeleton at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa News
UI researchers present findings on Ice Age sloth found in southwest Iowa
Kendall Crawford
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