Is that a dinosaur?! Construction workers fixing Michigan roads stumbled upon a time machine. What can we learn about ourselves from this 10,000 year old skeleton?

Crew discovers mastodon bones in West Michigan
Crew discovers mastodon bones in West Michigan Photo credit Grand Rapids Public Museum

(WWJ) – Last week a road construction crew in West Michigan was going about business as usual when they stumbled into quite the discovery – a set of massive bones that turned out to be a mostly-complete mastodon skeleton.

The discovery was made in Kent City, just outside of Grand Rapids on Thursday and crews initially thought the bones belonged to a dinosaur.

While the find seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime discovery, it may not be as uncommon as you might think. WWJ’s Zach Clark found out on a new episode of The Daily J just how common mastodon bones are in Michigan, and what we may be able to learn from the discovery.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Grand Rapids Public Museum