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Atlatl Throwing At The Mammoth Site written by Dawn Geertsema & photos by Alana Snyder Hot Springs is home to an active paleontological dig site, where each new find adds to the history from over 26,000 years ago when The Mammoth Site was merely a sinkhole. So far, over 1,200 fossils have been unearthed at the site. “It's just so incredible that this piece of history is in South Dakota,” said 605’s Alana Snyder. “On top of being a museum, it's inspiring that it's still an active site that still has so much to discover.”

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