Fossil find in southeast New Mexico could be complete skeleton of ancient mammoth

Fossil find in southeast New Mexico could be complete skeleton of ancient mammoth - latimes.com

Ancient, hidden cemetery discovered

 Not really that ancient, but lots of cool photos.
Ancient, hidden cemetery discovered | Bernalillo, New Mexico | KRQE News 13

Horned dinosaur found in New Mexico

I tried to find any sort of picture but apparently none are available.
KOB.com - Horned dinosaur found in New Mexico

Archaeologists dig for signs of ancient people

Archaeologists dig for signs of ancient people - Alamogordo Daily News

Ancient Americans loved to gorge on Stone Age tortillas!

For some reason that doesn't surprise me.
Ancient Americans loved to gorge on Stone Age tortillas! .:. NewKerala - India 's Top Online Newspaper

Ancient animal remains found at New Mexico bird refuge

Ancient animal remains found at New Mexico bird refuge - Silver City Sun-News

Buried Dogs Were Divine "Escorts" for Ancient Americans

Hundreds of prehistoric dogs found buried throughout the southwestern United States show that canines played a key role in the spiritual beliefs of ancient Americans, new research suggests.

Throughout the region, dogs have been found buried with jewelry, alongside adults and children, carefully stacked in groups, or in positions that relate to important structures, said Dody Fugate, an assistant curator at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Buried Dogs Were Divine "Escorts" for Ancient Americans

Ancient biological material found in NM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Cellulose dating back 253 million years — along with some possible ancient DNA — has been found in salt crystals from an underground nuclear waste dump in southern New Mexico.

"We did see some ancient DNA in the salt, but not a lot, and we have to continue experiments to try to verify that it is ancient DNA," said Jack D. Griffith, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

The cellulose — the same microscopic stuff in wood or cotton — was in water locked in tiny cubes of clear and reddish-brown salt crystals at the federal government's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.

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Ancient biological material found in NM - Yahoo! News