Ancient Mammoth Jaw Unearthed in Florida River

A fossil hunter diving in the Peace River in Florida discovered the intact jawbone of a mammoth, believed to be at least 10,000 years old. The fossil will be analyzed by experts in Tampa to determine its age using radiocarbon dating. The exact species of mammoth is unknown, but Columbian mammoths inhabited North America during the Pleistocene epoch. The discovery adds to the growing list of mammoth fossils found in Florida's Peace River, including a leg bone in 2021 and a "graveyard" of gomphotheres in northern Florida.