Bone findings can't move Bible believer

DELPHI, Ind., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- An 84-year-old man in Flora, Ind., says despite the scientific findings regarding a bone tool found on his farm, he finds his historic data in the Bible.

Amos Flora said while an analysis of a bone tool found on his property showed the historical device was at least 10,400 years old, he will continue to use the Bible as his history book, The Indianapolis Star said Monday.

"The Bible only gives us 6,000 years and I believe that," Flora said, referring to the Bible's references to mankind's existence in the world.

But Indiana Prehistory Laboratory Director Chris Schmidt said the tool, which was found on Flora's property along with several mastodon bones, was proof of humans living during the ice age.

"The bone tool confirms the idea that people were here before 10,000 years ago and tells us to keep digging deeper," he told the Star. "It sheds light on the lives of people who lived at the very end of the ice age."