Fossils continue to be unearthed at the construction sites for the new Metro Purple Line stations. A piece of a horn from an extinct species known as a long-horned bison, or bison latifrons, was found ...

An ice-age fossil unearthed during highway construction in San Diego's North County was revealed this week at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Workers discovered a complete skull of a Bison ...

An ice-age fossil found recently in San Diego's North County was revealed Monday at the San Diego Natural History Museum. A complete skull of a Bison latifron was found at a highway construction site ...

NORTH COUNTYNORTH COUNTY — Who knew Caltrans was such a patron of paleontology? The agency has helped unearth an Ice Age bison fossil during a freeway project in North County, adding to the growing ...

Researchers have figured out when bison came to North America using new DNA extraction techniques and a newly found set of fossils. University of Alberta department of earth and atmospheric sciences ...

During construction of a highway ramp in San Diego’s North County last month, a paleontologist working for a local museum spotted some ancient bones in the dirt. Brad Riney, who is described as a ...

Construction workers preparing a site for new homes in Southern California have unearthed Ice Age fossils, including those of prehistoric bison, ancient mammoths, horses and turtles. The project ...

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Editor's Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited each week by Jack Becker, a librarian at Texas Tech University. He can be reached at [email protected]. This week’s essay, by Becker and Paul Carlson, ...