Last year, during the demolition of the old Dooleys Bar at 32500 Gratiot Ave, Roseville, Michigan, workers uncovered an enormous three-foot-long bone about eight feet underground. Initially thought to be a piece of buried wood or a large cow bone, the discovery was later identified as a prehistoric mammoth bone. This surprising find was reported only recently after tests confirmed the authenticity of the bones, dating back thousands of years. Daniel Fisher, director of the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, led a team that quickly excavated the site, revealing a significant portion of the mammoth’s skeleton. The bones, identified as those of a Jeffersonian mammoth, provide excellent evidence of human activity, suggesting ancient humans may have butchered and preserved the mammoth's meat. The specimen, now known as the Dooleys Mammoth, has been donated to the University of Michigan for further study and potential display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.
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