Monday, May 12, 2008

From National Geographic 3


Extinct ancestor of today's hogs, this Archaeotherium—"ancient beast"—lived some 23 to 34 million years ago in what is now South Dakota. Strong neck muscles suggest that the roughly 4-foot-long (120-centimeter-long) animal was well suited to digging up roots and tubers with its snout.


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