Researchers Find More Bones of Huge Camel
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Hunters stalked giant camels as tall as some modern-day elephants in the Syrian desert tens of thousands of years ago, archeologists reported this week.
The enormous beasts existed about 100,000 years ago. Their bones, first discovered last year, have also been found this year in the sands about 150 miles north of the capital, Damascus.
The animal, branded the “Syrian Camel” by its Swiss and Syrian discoverers, stood 3 to 4 yards high -- about twice the size of latter-day camels and the height at the shoulder of many African elephants.
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