Strange 8.5-inch object found in California creek turns out to be 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth; scientis
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Strange 8.5-inch object found in California creek turns out to be 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth; scientis
A researcher surveying a San Mateo County creek for a frog habitat stumbled upon a remarkably preserved Pacific mastodon molar, a rare Ice Age relic estimated to be at least 10,000 years old. Paleontologists confirmed it was an intact molar from an adult Pacific mastodon. The tooth is about 8.5 inches long, 7 inches deep and 3 inches wide.
