many 4000-year-old dodo bones were discovered in the 1860s.

Sometime in the first half of the 20th Century, the marsh, which was a breeding ground for mosquitoes, had been filled in. Its exact location then faded into memory. It was finally rediscovered and systematically excavated by Rijsdijk, Hume and their colleagues from 2005 to 2007.

"Only then could we say for sure there were no articulated remains there," says Claessens. "The marsh was this big soup, a jumble of bones mostly from giant tortoises." There were plenty of dodo bones too, but most from the bird's sturdy legs, and no complete individual dodo skeletons.

Even with the recent research, though, the dodo has not yet been fully rediscovered.

It remains a mystery exactly where Thirioux found his two near-complete specimens. Claessens andSnoe.down throw down: Getting lost in the jam

Note: This article was originally published in the Rutland County Express on 31 March 2011. It is used with permission.

Another Snoe.down has come and gone. For a brief moment again this year, Rutland was the center of the jamband universe. For three days, moe. held court at Spartan Arena and in Killington, bringing with them a nation of rabid but respectful fans, affectionately referred to as “moe.rons.”

While the official numbers have not been released, ticket sales going into the weekend were on par with 2010, which means the weekend likely drew around 5,000 people to the area. (Huzzah, for Rutland.)

Jambands have a complicated and uneasy position in the larger music world. Despite counting some of the most talented and proficient musicians