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A 50,000-Year-Old Bison Emerged From Ice—And Ended Up in a Stew on Scientists’ Dinner Plates
In the late winter of 1979, a group of gold miners working near Fairbanks, Alaska, broke through the frozen soil with a hydraulic hose and unearthed more than they bargained for: the mummified remains ...
The steppe bison had much larger horns than modern bison. Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis of bison fossils enabled researchers to track the migration of Pleistocene steppe bison into an ice-free ...
Gold miners discovered the mummified Steppe Bison now called "Blue Babe." Researchers believe it is more than 55,000 years old. Unfortunately, radiocarbon dating tools can't measure any further back ...
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