An All-Day Project

The main digging was already finished by the construction workers and it was now Ashley and her team’s job to dig it further which was a 15 hours long job. However, they spent all day digging the area to see what else they could find there. It was a hard job. Digging for 15 hours is not a child’s play.

Each Fossil

When Ashley and her team were digging the site they came across several fossils. The big one was left alone for a while before they could tell anything concrete about it. They kept digging the land for 15 hours which showed how serious Ashley and her team was when it came to their job. Each fossil was a time capsule that took them in the past.

The 15-Hour Find

After 15 hours of struggle, the mammoth skull was pulled out. And the team then spent another 15 hours carefully removing the dust from the skull. This big find was a boost for the team as they have been working for days trying to find something in the land and when they found a mammoth skull which was very rare.

The Skull Was Shifted

After the team completely removed the dust from the skull it was moved to the Brea Tar Pits. There the skull would be studied thoroughly by few experts that would tell them more about 10,000-years-old. During the investigation, several new information was out in open. 

A Decade Later

“Finding a mammoth skull is a career maker for someone that is a paleontologist,” explained Ashley. She has spent over 10 years in the field where they have found a similar skull in South Dakota. This discovery has helped Ashley in boosting her career to some great heights. Her name was added among the top paleontologists.

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The discovery was made in Los Angeles. There have been only a few more discoveries like this one, but for the paleontology people, it was a life-changing event that happened that day at the construction field. But there was something really special about the discovery.