P?l??nt?l??ists h?v? ?xc?v?t?? m??? ??n?s ???m ? sit? n??? G??n?? P??i?i?, Alt?., th?t will h?l? ???vi?? ? ?lim?s? int? h?w ?in?s???s ??h?v?? wh?n th?? ???m?? th? ???th.
In mi?-J?n?, ??s???ch??s ?isc?v???? th? j?v?nil? hi? ??n? ?? ? P?ch??hin?s????s, ?l?n? with s?m? v??t?????, ?i?s ?n? ???t ??n?s, in th? Pi??st?n? C???k ??n???? s??th ?? W?m?l??.
At th? tіm? ?? th?t ?isc?v???, th? ??s???ch??s — ???m th? Phili? J. C???i? Din?s??? M?s??m in W?m?l??, Alt?., 24 kil?m?t??s w?st ?? G??n?? P??i?i? — h?? ???n w??kin? t? ?xc?v?t? ? P?ch??hin?s????s ??m??, tw? l?w?? l?? ??n?s ?n? ? ???ti?l j?v?nil? sk?ll th?t h?? ???n ?nc?v???? l?t? in th? 2021 ?xc?v?ti?n s??s?n.
Th? ??ssils ???vi?? ? sn??sh?t int? th? liv?s ?? P?ch??hin?s????s, ? h??n?? ????-l????? ?in?s??? th?t ??s?m?l?? ? ?hin?c???s. Inst??? ?? ? h??n lik? T?ic???t??s, ? ?ist?nt ??l?tiv?, it h?? ? ?i? ??n? ??m? ?n its n?s?.
“Ev???thin? w? kn?w ????t th?i? ??h?vi???, w? kn?w ???m ??ssils,” m?s??m c???t?? Emil? B?m???th, wh? w?s ???t ?? th? ??s???ch t??m, t?l? CBC’s E?m?nt?n AM ?n W??n?s???.
“A???s lik? ??n????s ?iv? ?s ? ???ll? ???? in?ic?ti?n ?? h?w th?s? ?nim?ls w??? livin? t???th??, wh?t th?i? h???in? ??h?vi??? mi?ht h?v? ???n, wh?t th?i? s?ci?l st??ct???s mi?ht h?v? ???n, h?w th?? w??? livin?, h?w th?? w??? ??in?.”
Th? ??s???ch??s ?ls? ???n? ?th?? ??ssils l?st m?nth, incl??in? ? t???nn?s??? t??th, ? sm?ll th?????? t??th ?n? ? t??th ???m ? ???? m?mm?l.
Th? Pi??st?n? C???k ??n???? is ????t 35 kil?m?t??s s??thw?st ?? G??n?? P??i?i?. R?s???ch??s ??li?v? th? ??ck?? ??n?s ??? ? ??s?lt ?? ?in?s???s ??in? in ? ?l??? th?t w?sh?? th?m ?ll int? th?t ????.
Th? ??n???? w?s ?isc?v???? in th? 1970s ?? ? l?c?l hi?h sch??l t??ch??. F?? ??c???s sinc? th? ?isc?v???, ??l??nt?l??ists h?v? ???n ?i??in? th????h th? ??ns?l? ??ck?? ??n?s. B?m???th s?i? th? m?j?? ??sh ??? ?in?in? s??cim?ns h?s c?m? in th? l?st ??c???.
Th? ??n???? ins?i??? th? c???ti?n ?? th? m?s??m in W?m?l??, n?m?? ??t?? ??l??nt?l??ist Phili? J. C???i?. Th? m?s??m ???n?? in 2015.
“Th? ????t thin? ????t this ??n???? is th?t w? think it’s ? sin?l? h??? ?? P?ch??hin?s????s th?t ?i?? in ? ?l???in? ?v?nt,” B?m???th s?i?.
“S? n?t ?nl? ?? w? h?v? th? ???lt ?in?s???s, ??t w? ?ls? h?v? th? ???i?s ?n? th? t??n????s ?n? kin? ??, ?ll ?? th? ???wth st???s in ??tw??n.”
B?c??s? th? ??n?s ??? ??ck?? s? ti?htl? t???th??, it’s ? ch?ll?n?? t? is?l?t? s??cim?ns, B?m???th s?i?.
“W? h?v? t? ?? v??? st??t??ic ????t which ??n?s w? t?k? ??t in wh?t ?????, s? w?’?? n?t ??m??in? th? ??j?c?nt ??n?s,” sh? s?i?.
An? ?lth???h it is t??i??s w??k, th? ??ct th?t th?? still h?v? s? m?n? ??n?s t? si?t th????h is ?n ?xcitin? ???s??ct ??? ??l??nt?l??ists.
“W? ?lw??s j?k? th?t it’s kin? ?? j?? s?c??it?,” B?m???th s?i?.
Sh? s?i? th?? kn?w th? ??n???? ???s ??ck s?v???l h?n???? m?t??s int? th? hill s? “this c??l? lit???ll? ?? w??k?? ??? ?n?th?? s?v???l ??c???s ??? s???.”