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A 40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang was discovered in Poland, making it the oldest in Europe and possibly the world, revealing advanced tool-making skills of early Homo sapiens during the Paleolithic period.
The Venus of Brassempouy, a 23,000-year-old ivory carving of a woman, was discovered in France's Grotte du Pape in 1894. Made from a mammoth tusk, this lifelike figurine is one of the earliest examples of a human face carving and may have symbolized fertility.
A fossil hunter discovered a 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk at a quarry in Cambridgeshire, England. The tusk, believed to belong to a steppe mammoth from before the last ice age, was found intact and is now being preserved at a paleontology museum. The museum plans to examine the tusk to learn more about the mammoth's life and habitat. The discovery adds to the museum's collection, which includes a skeleton of an iguanodon dinosaur and a plesiosaur. The museum also offers activities to educate families about paleontology and hopes to inspire future paleontologists.
A fossil hunter discovered a 450,000-year-old mammoth tusk sticking out of the ground at a quarry in Cambridgeshire, England. The tusk, believed to belong to a steppe mammoth from before the last ice age, measures four feet long. The fossil was taken to a paleontology museum for preservation and examination, where experts will study its habitat, food supply, and signs of predation. The discovery adds to the museum's collection, which includes a plesiosaur skeleton and an iguanodon dinosaur found in previous years.