He stumbled onto a large tusk in a Mississippi creek. It turned out to be a first-of-its-kind discovery
“I was kind of open mouthed when I saw the picture,” Phillips said. “I thought, ‘OK, well, cool, a tusk. Wait a second … it’s ...
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Fossil Collector Finds 7-Foot-Long Mammoth Tusk in Mississippi Creek, Calls It ‘Extremely Rare’ and ‘Unusual'
I thought, 'OK, well, cool, a tusk. Wait a second, it’s so curved. Holy cow, this is a mammoth tusk.'" Knewz.com noted that the find was later confirmed as a Columbian mammoth tusk, dating back ...