Fossil history revealed

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published June 27, 2006 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Giant camels, massive tortoises and sabertooth cats lived in the Anza-Borrego Desert region about 7 million years ago. Host Tom Fudge speaks to editors of a book that chronicles 7 million years of evo

Originally Aired: February 7, 2006 Giant camels, massive tortoises and sabertooth cats lived in the Anza-Borrego Desert region about 7 million years ago. Host Tom Fudge speaks to editors of a book that chronicles 7 million years of evolution in our regional desert.

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Lowell Lindsay , co-editor of Fossil Treasures of the Anza-Borrego Desert: The Last Seven Million Years. He is past president of the Association of Geologists. He's also a member of the Association of Earth Science Editors.
Thomas Demere , curator of the Department of Paleontology at the San Diego Natural History Museum. He is also a contributor of Fossil Treasures of the Anza Borrego Desert.