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Prehistoric discovery in Iowa family's backyard

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    Man finds mammoth bones while digging in yard with his sons

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I did digging in the backyard turns into a prehistoric find.

For one Iowa man and his sons identifying himself only by -- first name of John not this John a different John.

I John says they came across a man -- femur.

Or -- -- -- -- in his back yard -- years ago he then enlisted the help of archeologists and the University of Iowa.

And they say the giant -- and that includes in knee joint the size of a soccer ball.

We'll help give us a glimpse of what life was like 121000 years ago who knew in Ottawa.

How that's right -- low of that and I guess he's gonna keep digging I guess I mean -- as well and I have been like that never know -- -- I hear some museum of -- that they.