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...another (fourth) season of fossil collecting in the Gobi desert, costing him his $225,000 camel train. He returned to the U. S. last fortnight. Two Russian expeditions-Colonel Kozlov's in the Khangai Mountains of Mongolia and Professor Mechaninov's nearer home at Baku in Azer-baijan-met with success. Colonel Kozlov found "unquestionable traces" of an ice sheet having covered the Khangais. (This data may prove of importance to Digger Andrews and his paleontologists by helping them to date their finds). Professor Mechaninov's chief discovery consisted of monuments and metallic hardware indicating a civilization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

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