Dung Research (IMAGE)

Northern Arizona University

Dung Research

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Jim Mead cradles a box of 23,000-year-old archived bison dung that came from a cave in southern Utah. Mead, director of NAU's Laboratory of Quaternary Paleontology, is an expert on researching dung for clues about ancient life.

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Photo by Diane Rechel

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