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Museum Of Nature & Science Shows Off New Mastodon Sculpture

DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Museum of Nature and Science revealed a new bronze sculpture of a snow mastodon on Thursday.

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Kent Ullberg created the statue to commemorate the Ice Age find near Snowmass Village. He worked on the statue for two years and was aided by scientists.

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""Measuring bones, looking at muscle attachment, looking at proportions, trying to reconstruct a Colorado native who died 120,000 years ago," Ullberg said. "A bit like art by committee."

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The sculpture will be the centerpiece of a celebration of that historic discovery in Colorado's high country.

LINK: The Snowmastodon Project

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