Archaeologists in Austria have announced the discovery of a pair of rare mammoth tusks estimated to be around a million years old; the ancient artifacts were found by a crew doing roadwork.
A renovation and expansion of Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium recently led to the unexpected discovery of what appear to be the remains of a mammoth among other extinct mammals.
Researchers from the United States Bureau of Reclamation have found a Columbian mammoth skull and tusk that they think might be part of a complete mammoth skeleton dating back from between 70 to 120 thousand years old.