User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/38


 * ... that Kenneth Feder teenage interest in the paranormal led to a career in archaeology studying it?
 * ... that the extinct buthid scorpion Uintascorpio was first placed in the family Vaejovidae?
 * ... that the earliest known Maya city in the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica dates to around 750 BC?
 * ... that, being a descendant of Pliohippus, Astrohippus is not considered to be an ancestor to modern horses?
 * ...that some experts believe a cylinder seal (pictured) from the prehistoric San Andrés site is evidence for an Olmec writing system?
 * ...that the geology of the Grand Canyon area includes more than 40 identified rock layers?
 * ... that a petroleum geologist named William Warren Orcutt began collecting fossils from the La Brea Tar Pits in 1901, bringing the site to the attention of the scientific community?
 * ... that one archaeological site was discovered by groundhogs?
 * ... that lice from mummified guinea pigs and mites preserved in amber while feeding on spiders have provided evidence for researchers in the field of paleoparasitology?
 * ... that the first Columbian mammoth (artist's restoration pictured) found at the Snowmastodon site, an Ice Age fossil dig near Denver, was initially dug out by a construction worker using a bulldozer?