Rare 500,000-year-old elephant tusk uncovered in Israel ...Middle East

ISRAEL: Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday displayed a rare tusk half a million years old, from an enormous now-extinct elephant, which scholars see as testament to a social ritual by prehistoric humans.The 2.6-metre (8.5-foot) artifact, weighing approximately 150 kilos (330 pounds), was discovered by biologist Eitan Mor at an excavation site near Revadim, a village in southern Israel.The excavation was managed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which said the fossil tusk was the largest to be found in the Near East.Avi Levy, director of the excavation, said it was “fantastic” to find the “extremely preserved tusk“.“The elephant is a straight-tusked elephant, which became extinct fr

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