Skull Of Mastodon Unearthed In Iowa Creek
Iowa officials announced on August 14 that a 13,600-year-old mastodon skull had been discovered in the state. image Share The Iowa State Archaeology Office has unveiled a well-preserved skull found in a creek bed in Wayne County. The team discovered the remains during a roughly two-week excavation, along with several other mastodon bones. The skull […]
Mastodon mystery in Santa Cruz County: Ice Age tooth vanishes from beach
SANTA CRUS, Calif. (KRON)—Palaeontologists are busy looking for Ice Age teeth in Santa Cruz County this Memorial Day weekend. On Friday, strangers picked up the teeth of a giant mastodon that first appeared on the beach of Aptos. Now scientists hope that this scientifically important tooth will be returned to the Santa Cruz Museum of […]
Ice Age mastodon tooth recovered in Santa Cruz County, museum officials say
Jennifer Shue photographed her teeth on May 26, 2023 at Rio del Mar beach. (Image credit: Jennifer Shu) SANTA CRUS, Calif. (KRON) — Mastodon mystery solved in Santa Cruz County. A beach jogger turned in teeth of a giant mastodon dating back to the Ice Age on Tuesday, according to officials at the Santa Cruz […]
A California Man Unknowingly Discovers an Ancient Mastodon Tooth While Running on the Beach
A California man picked up something a little more exciting than a seashell while running on the beach. Jim Smith, a frequent runner in Santa Cruz’s Aptos neighborhood, didn’t realize he had just discovered a rare and ancient artifact, a mastodon tooth, and took the find home. He came to his senses after an image […]
