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Luminescence dating pushes age of South Dakota's Mammoth Site back by more than 100,000 years

Luminescence dating pushes age of South Dakota's Mammoth Site back by more than 100,000 yearsWorldPing

Deep within an ancient sinkhole lie the remains of dozens of mammoths, prehistoric wanderers who waded into the warm springs to their deaths.

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