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discovery in their own backyard and their find goes back 12,000 years. they found the remains of a mammoth. and after keeping it a secret for two years, they decided to let it be dug up. kay eastman at our affiliate in des moines has the bare bone details. reporter: john had no idea what he would find. this is the first bone. reporter: when he started digging. i could see a marrow line around the edge of this ball. and the ball was actually the head of a femur. i said, boys, that s a bone. that s a really big bone. reporter: that s a mammoth s femur. it has a knee joint the size of a soccer ball. but this bone is just the beginning. it s the story behind the mammoth. reporter: of many more bones. this bone. i can see the circle. good, good. reporter: and a look back at life about 12,000 years ago. it s what most of us here are interested in. the mammoth is just a great plus. reporter: john enlisted
years. they found the remains of a mammoth. and after keeping it a secret for two years, they decided to let it be dug up. kay eastman at our affiliate in des moines has the bare bone details. reporter: john had no idea what he would find. this is the first bone. reporter: when he started digging. i could see a marrow line around the edge of this ball. and the ball was actually the head of a femur. i said, boys, that s a bone. that s a really big bone. reporter: that s a mammoth s femur. it has a knee joint the size of a soccer ball. but this bone is just the beginning. it s the story behind the mammoth. reporter: of many more bones. this bone. i can see the circle. good, good. reporter: and a look back at life about 12,000 years ago. it s what most of us here are interested in. the mammoth is just a great plus. reporter: john enlisted expert help from the university