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According to Live Science, the hunter was exploring the O2 Ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties near Big Bend National Park when he spotted a mammoth tusk lying in the drainage area of a creek bed.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers identified it as a mammoth tusk, an incredibly rare find for West Texas. After seeing the hunter’s photograph, Juett contacted Center for Big Bend ...

Researchers wrapped the tusk in plaster-covered burlap, which formed a protective cast around the fossil. Photo by Devin Pettigrew / courtesy Center for Big Bend Studies A hunter was looking for deer ...