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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Chapters: Census-Designated Places in Brevard County, Florida, Cities in Brevard County, Florida, Towns in Brevard County, Florida, Unincorporated Communities in Brevard County, Florida, Melbourne, Florida, Cape Canaveral, Florida, Palm Bay, Florida, Cocoa Beach, Florida, Indialantic, Florida, West Melbourne, Florida, Port St. John, Florida, Titusville, Florida, Malabar, Florida, Mims, Florida, Rockledge, Florida, Cocoa, Florida, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, Micco, Florida, June Park, Florida, Palm Shores, Florida, South Patrick Shores, Florida, Melbourne Village, Florida, Satellite Beach, Florida, Cocoa West, Florida, Sharpes, Florida, Merritt Island, Florida, Viera, Florida, Grant-Valkaria, Florida, Canaveral Groves, Florida, Suntree, Florida, Courtenay, Florida, Aurantia, Florida, Barefoot Bay, Florida, Scottsmoor, Florida, Indianola, Florida, Floridana Beach, Florida, Melbourne Shores, Florida. Excerpt: Melbourne, Florida - Evidence for the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Melbourne area during the late Pleistocene epoch was uncovered during the 1920s. C. P. Singleton, a Harvard University zoologist, discovered the bones of a Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) on his property along Crane Creek a mile and a half from Melbourne, and brought in Amherst College paleontologist Frederick B. Loomis to excavate the skeleton. Loomis found a second elephant, with a "large rough flint instrument" among fragments of the elephant's ribs. Loomis found in the same stratum mammoth, mastodon, horse, ground sloth, tapir, pessary, camel and saber-tooth cat bones, all extinct in Florida since the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 years ago. At a nearby site a human rib and charcoal were found in association with Mylodon, Megalonyx and Chlamytherium (ground sloths) teeth. A finely worked spearpoint found with these items may have be...
