At the time, archaeologists examined the bone and identified it as a mastodon femur. This spiked their interest and led them to further excavate the site in the hopes of discovering more of the ...

The large curved tusks were mounted sideways from the head. Uncovering a huge number of mastodon bones, Koch assembled a skeleton that was twice the size of a typical mastodon (which was in fact close ...

The road conditions in the Kettleman Hills five centuries ago may have given a scientific treasure in the form of a perfect ...

When I learned it was a mammoth and not a mastodon, I got even more excited." Over the years, Templeton said he's found many other fossils, including a petrified bone from a saber-toothed cat ...