The tusks of a 500,000-year-old giant elephant found in southern Israel
[ad_1] The intact 500,000-year-old tusk of a straight-tusked elephant was found in Israel. The straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoxodon antiquus) is an extinct species of elephant that lived throughout Europe and Asia between 1.5 million and 100,000 years ago. This animal was up to 4 m tall and weighed up to 13 tons, twice the weight of … Read next