From Bangs to Germany....." All Bones are Local " !

Monday July 25, 2005
Paleontologist says bones found in Bangs those of Columbian Mammoth

By Rick Phelps -- Brownwood Bulletin

BANGS -- After approximately three weeks of excavating, paleontologist Scott Clark and his crew have found a bone that has helped them identify the animal located on Ray Barnes Drive.
A 39-inch ulna bone was found, giving Clark 95 percent certainty the bones belong to a Columbian Mammoth. "The bone is typical of elephant-type animals," Clark explained. "The size of the bone, however, puts it well outside the norms of a mastodon."
Clark said the Columbian Mammoth was one of the only two or three species common to Texas.
Without carbon dating, Clark estimated the bones to be between 9,000 and 40,000 years old. "It could be as recent as 7000 B.C., which would be near the time of paleolithic man," Clark said.
source: http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2005/07/25/news/news01.txt
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Ancient phallus unearthed in cave
By Jonathan Amos
BBC News science reporter
It may also have been used to knap, or split, flints
A sculpted and polished phallus found in a German cave is among the earliest representations of male sexuality ever uncovered, researchers say.
The 20cm-long, 3cm-wide stone object, which is dated to be about 28,000 years old, was buried in the famous Hohle Fels Cave near Ulm in the Swabian Jura.
The prehistoric "tool" was reassembled from 14 fragments of siltstone.
Its life size suggests it may well have been used as a sex aid by its Ice Age makers, scientists report.
"In addition to being a symbolic representation of male genitalia, it was also at times used for knapping flints," explained Professor Nicholas Conard, from the department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, at Tübingen University.

source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4713323.stm