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Israel Antiquities Authority says 2.5-meter long fossil belonged to the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant; Antiquities Authority plans to display the tusk once preservation works are complete
Israeli archaeologists unearthed a fossilized elephant tusk that dates back approximately 500,000 years and once belonged to a prehistoric pachyderm, a large mammal with thick skin, in southern Israel.
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The fossilized tusk belonging to the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant was found during a joint excavation. It has raised intriguing new questions.