User:Abyssal/Prehistory of North America/DYK/38

... that Kenneth Feder's teenage interest in the paranormal led to a career in archaeology studying it?
... that the extinct buthid scorpion Uintascorpio was first placed in the family Vaejovidae?
... that the earliest known Maya city in the Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica dates to around 750 BC?
... that, being a descendant of Pliohippus, Astrohippus is not considered to be an ancestor to modern horses?
...that some experts believe a cylinder seal (pictured) from the prehistoric San Andrés site is evidence for an Olmec writing system?

...that the geology of the Grand Canyon area includes more than 40 identified rock layers?
... that a petroleum geologist named William Warren Orcutt began collecting fossils from the La Brea Tar Pits in 1901, bringing the site to the attention of the scientific community?
... that one archaeological site was discovered by groundhogs?
... that lice from mummified guinea pigs and mites preserved in amber while feeding on spiders have provided evidence for researchers in the field of paleoparasitology?
... that the first Columbian mammoth (artist's restoration pictured) found at the Snowmastodon site, an Ice Age fossil dig near Denver, was initially dug out by a construction worker using a bulldozer?