A New Home For Ice Age Fossils From Lookout Mountain Cave

Jaguar and modern Jaguar humeri from Lookout Mountain Cave.(Jaguar and modern Jaguar humeri from Lookout Mountain Cave. / Ruby Falls)Decades ago, fossils believed to be from the Ice Age were discovered in Lookout Mountain Cave.Among the remains: an ancient jaguar, black bear, striped skunk, bat, woodchuck, muskrat, deer and weasel.Ruby Falls recently donated the private collection to the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, part of East Tennessee State University.Dr. Blaine Schubert is the Museum’s director.Matt Bushell is the grad student whose research led to the donation.Hollie Baranick is with Ruby Falls.A bear skull from Lookout Mountain Cave.(Ruby Falls)