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Stone Tools, Rare Animal Bones: Clues To Caribbean's Earliest Inhabitants Discovered

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2009) — A prehistoric water-filled cave in the Dominican Republic has become a "treasure trove" with the announcement by Indiana University archaeologists of the discovery of stone tools, a small primate skull in remarkable condition, and the claws, jawbone and other bones of several species of sloths.

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2009) — A prehistoric water-filled cave in the Dominican Republic has become a "treasure trove" with the announcement by Indiana University archaeologists of the discovery of stone tools, a small primate skull in remarkable condition, and the claws, jawbone and other bones of several species of sloths.

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My Grandfather and his wife were involved in this project :D

im hopefully going to go work with them next year.....

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My Grandfather and his wife were involved in this project :D

im hopefully going to go work with them next year.....

No kidding?!

Aw, man, that it just too,too,cool!

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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here are some pics that they sent me when they returned from the D.R :)

EDIT: last trip they did they found a whole articulated sloth skeleton... pretty cool

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