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May 22, 2014 06:55 am GMT

South Carolina Makes Woolly Mammoth Its State Fossil Despite Creationists' Outcry

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The woolly mammoth is now the state fossil of South Carolina, thanks to a third-grader.

Following months of pushback in the South Carolina Senate from creationist state legislators who opposed the idea, Gov. Nikki Haley designated the Columbian mammoth as the official state fossil last week.

See also: Scientists Introduce 'Chicken From Hell' Dinosaur to World

Olivia McConnell, an 8-year-old history and science enthusiast, wrote a letter in January to Sen. Kevin Johnson, when she found out that South Carolina had no official state fossil, according to CBS News. McConnell knew that one of the first fossils found in North America was an ancient woolly mammoth in South Carolina, so she thought it would be a good candidate for the state's official fossil. Read more...

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