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Archaeologists work at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)
A 500,000-year-old elephant tusk was discovered in Israel's southern coastal plain. The 2.5-meter-long tusk fossil, which belonged to a straight-tusked elephant known as Palaeoloxodon antiquus apparently appeared in the region about 800,000 years ago and became extinct 400,000 years ago.
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An archaeologist works at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)
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Archaeologists work at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)
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An archaeologist works at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)
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Ancient prehistoric tools are found at the site where a 2.5-meter-long tusk from an ancient straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel, Aug. 31 2022. (Photo/Agencies)
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Prehistoric finds are pictured at the site where Israeli archaeologists, paleontologists and conservators uncovered a 2.5-meter-long tusk from an ancient straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel, Aug. 31 2022. (Photo/Agencies)