Researchers plan to carbon date the tusk to get an idea of how old it is, Schroeder said. The last time a mammoth tusk was ...

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A hunter recently stumbled across a rare mammoth tusk as he searched for deer at a private West Texas ranch, according to a ...

Turns out, the hunter was right. After Juett reported the find to CBBS, a team of anthropology professors and archaeological ...

“Seeing that mammoth tusk just brings the ancient world to life,” Juett said. “Now, I can’t help but imagine that huge animal ...

A West Texas hunter discovered a rare mammoth tusk on a ranch, leading to the second Trans-Pecos mammoth artifact ever.

A hunter looking for deer on a West Texas ranch instead discovered a rare mammoth tusk, researchers say. The tusk was sitting in the drainage area of a creek bed on the O2 Ranch in Brewster and ...

A deer hunter at a far West Texas ranch thought he found a fossil. Here's what is happening to the new mammoth discovery.

A routine hunting trip on a West Texas ranch turned into a major scientific discovery when a hunter stumbled upon a rare ...

Everything is bigger in Texas, and on one of the state's largest ranches, a hunter discovered the biggest game yet: the tusk of a mammoth, according to a news release from Sul Ross University on ...

At first, even seeing wasn’t believing for Juett, Sul Ross State University, located in Alpine, said in a March 11 news release. “I was skeptical when a deer hunter showed me a picture of what ...