By Max Knoblauch From Mashable

If a touchdown is six points and an extra point is one, how many points is the discovery of ancient mammoth bones?

A construction crew renovating Reser Stadium at Oregon State University made a surprising discovery on January 25 when they unearthed the femur bone of a mammoth 10-feet beneath the north end zone.

Further digging revealed additional bones from bison and an ancient horse or camel. Researchers who arrived on the scene stated that the area may have been the location of a bog or marsh tens of thousands of years ago.

I, however, would like to think that it was just a slightly less sophisticated football stadium and the mammoths died playing some ancient form of football.

According to Loren Davis, an associate professor of anthropology at OSU, the bones range in the state of preservation they’re in. He plans to soak the bones in water to stall further deterioration, and he and his students will continue to research dirt samples from the area.

Remember, defense and not going extinct wins championships.

ALL IMAGES: OSU, THERESA HOGUE

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