At the end of the Pleistocene epoch about 10,000 years ago, when Earth was thawing out from the Ice Age, two types of condors competed over resources in what is now California. The California condor seen in the skies today ultimately triumphed, although the birds are endangered.
Category Archives: Paleontology
Syrian Giant Camel
Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.
“This is a big discovery, a revolution in science,” said Jean-Marie Le Tensorer, a prehistory professor at the University of Basel. “It was not known that the dromedary was present in the Middle East more than 10,000 years ago.”