Crucially, OH 65 was found with stone tools and with bones from larger animals that clearly show the marks made by those tools.

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The animals move between a series of "stepping stone" sites off groups of coastal islands between Mexico and Ecuador.

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Even if these objects are made of stone, just as people have souls, so do animals, plants and monuments.

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The stone cages would have held the tigers, lions and other exotic animals that were hoisted in wooden elevators through 80 vertical tunnels up to the arena. 2000 years ago, it must have been chaos down here with the gladiators, animals, large sets for other parts of the productions and hundreds of stagehands putting on the show.

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These cylindrical pieces of stone, some barely an inch in length, were incised with intaglio designs featuring gods and animals.

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