5 Most Amazing Accidental Historical Discoveries

However, James Bristle, a Michigan farmer, got something more exciting from the ground. He had a field to grow soybeans and one day he noticed that something stood out from the ground that at first sight looked like an old rotting fence post. However, the discovery turned out to be much more surprising. James had an excavator dug deeper and was surprised to see a well-preserved skull. These were the bones of a woolly mammoth that lived on the planet about 15,000 years ago. The multitone giant was about 40 years old when he died. Archaeologists have found most of the animal's skeleton, including the nearly intact fanged skull, although they have not found its limbs.