Michigan, Kent \u015fehrindeki in\u015faat i\u015f\u00e7ileri ge\u00e7en hafta s\u0131ra d\u0131\u015f\u0131 bir ke\u015fifte bulundular: devasa bir mastodon iskeleti. Mastodonun 10 ila 20 ya\u015flar\u0131 aras\u0131nda gen\u00e7 bir birey olmas\u0131 nedeniyle buluntu e\u015fsizdi. Michigan \u00dcniversitesi ve Grand Rapids Halk M\u00fczesi’nden ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar kemikleri incelemek \u00fczere \u00e7a\u011fr\u0131ld\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
\u0130lk ke\u015fiften bu yana ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar ve g\u00f6n\u00fcll\u00fcler mastodon iskeletini ortaya \u00e7\u0131karmak ve analiz etmek i\u00e7in yorulmadan \u00e7al\u0131\u015ft\u0131lar. Omurlar, kaburgalar, bacak kemikleri ve ayak kemikleri de dahil olmak \u00fczere \u00e7ok \u00e7e\u015fitli kemiklerle 100’den fazla torba doldurdular. Hayvan\u0131n kafatas\u0131 ve di\u015fleri hen\u00fcz ortaya \u00e7\u0131kar\u0131lmam\u0131\u015f olsa da ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar iskeletin tamamen yeniden birle\u015ftirilmesinin pek m\u00fcmk\u00fcn olmad\u0131\u011f\u0131na inan\u0131yorlar.<\/p>\n\n
Gen\u00e7 bir mastodon iskeletinin ke\u015ffi birka\u00e7 nedenden dolay\u0131 \u00f6nemlidir. Birincisi, bu eski hayvanlar\u0131n hayat\u0131 ve davran\u0131\u015flar\u0131 hakk\u0131nda de\u011ferli bilgiler sa\u011flamaktad\u0131r. \u0130kincisi, mastodonlar\u0131n bir zamanlar Michigan’da yayg\u0131n oldu\u011funa dair artan kan\u0131tlar k\u00fcmesine katk\u0131da bulunmaktad\u0131r. Son olarak, do\u011fal ve k\u00fclt\u00fcrel miras\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 koruma \u00f6nemini hat\u0131rlatmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Mastodonlar, Pleistosen \u00c7a\u011f’da Kuzey Amerika’da dola\u015fan, fillerle benzerlik g\u00f6steren iri memelilerdi. Yerli halklar taraf\u0131ndan yiyecek i\u00e7in avlan\u0131yorlard\u0131 ve kemikleri Michigan’daki bir\u00e7ok tortul birikintili g\u00f6l ve g\u00f6lette bulunmu\u015ftur. Son y\u0131llarda eyalette birka\u00e7 mastodon ke\u015ffi yap\u0131ld\u0131; bunlar aras\u0131nda 2015 y\u0131l\u0131nda y\u00fcnl\u00fc bir mamut iskeleti ve 2017 y\u0131l\u0131nda bir konut in\u015faat projesi s\u0131ras\u0131nda bulunan mastodon kemikleri yer almaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Kent \u015fehrinde ke\u015ffedilen mastodon iskeleti nihayetinde Grand Rapids Halk M\u00fczesi’ne ba\u011f\u0131\u015flanacakt\u0131r. \u00dcniversite ara\u015ft\u0131rmac\u0131lar\u0131, \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcn kesin tarihini belirlemek ve hayvan\u0131n ya\u015fam \u00f6yk\u00fcs\u00fc hakk\u0131nda daha fazla bilgi edinmek i\u00e7in kemikleri incelemeye devam edecekler. Kemikler temizlenip kurutulduktan sonra halka sergilenmeleri i\u00e7in m\u00fczede te\u015fhir edilecekler.<\/p>\n\n
Mastodon, 2002 y\u0131l\u0131nda resmen Michigan’\u0131n eyalet fosili olarak kabul edildi. Bu kabul, eyaletin do\u011fal tarihinde mastodonlar\u0131n ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00f6nemi ve eyaletin tamam\u0131nda bulunan kal\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131n\u0131n bollu\u011funu yans\u0131tmaktad\u0131r. Kent \u015fehrinde gen\u00e7 bir mastodon iskeletinin ke\u015ffi, bu eski hayvanlar\u0131n Michigan’daki kal\u0131c\u0131 miras\u0131n\u0131n bir kan\u0131t\u0131d\u0131r.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Michigan’da Mastodon \u0130skeleti Ke\u015ffedildi Gen\u00e7 Bir Mastodon \u0130skeletinin Ke\u015ffi Michigan, Kent \u015fehrindeki in\u015faat i\u015f\u00e7ileri ge\u00e7en hafta s\u0131ra d\u0131\u015f\u0131 bir ke\u015fifte bulundular: devasa bir mastodon iskeleti. Mastodonun 10 ila 20 ya\u015flar\u0131…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[141,24302,20417,16318,137],"class_list":["post-18618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-paleontology","tag-natural-history","tag-juvenile","tag-mastodon","tag-michigan","tag-paleontology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24460,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18618\/revisions\/24460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}