Two mammoth skeletons with long, curving tusks are displayed at The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

Episode 4:

The Land of the Giants

Some of the world’s most important dinosaur fossils have been discovered in South Dakota, including Sue, the most complete T. rex ever found. But here, history isn’t just something you see in a museum; you can dig for it yourself! Join us for an adventure millions of years in the making.

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In this episode, host Brian Thacker ventures into the northern Black Hills to dig for 67-million-year-old T. rex teeth with PaleoAdventures. Next, he heads to The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs to meet one of South Dakota’s wildest and woolliest former residents. We join the dig, work on mammoth bones in the fossil preparation lab and find a whole lot of mammoth dung in the archives.

You'll hear from:

Walter Stein and Ethan Turpin from PaleoAdventures
Dr. Chris Jass, Kelly Lubbers and Alex Gardner from The Mammoth Site

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When you find something … it's the first time sunlight has hit it in 66 million years. You’re the first human being to lay eyes on it. It's kind of a humbling experience, that sense of discovery, the feeling you get from it. That’s the buzz, and that’s why you do it.

Walter Stein, PaleoAdventures