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Ancient mammoth tusk unearthed in English quarry

A 400,000-year-old mammoth tusk belonging to a steppe mammoth has been discovered in a quarry in Cambridgeshire, England. The tusk, measuring approximately 4 feet long, is believed to be from a fully grown male mammoth. The fossil hunters who found it will spend the next few months preserving and analyzing the tusk to learn more about the mammoth's life and the predators it may have faced. This discovery provides valuable insights into life during the Pleistocene era.