The large, isolated rock bodies near Shell Beach, in Sonoma County, California, display curious polished patches. These closely resemble polish typical of that made today by elephants, cows and other large animals that rub their skins against large rocks and trees. Here is a closer look at the evidence for and the thinking behind the hypothesis that the polish was created by Pleistocene mammoths.
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