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In Mississippi, discovery of elephant fossil from the ice age provides window into the past

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Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. It appeared to be part of an ice-age elephant tusk.
Fossil hunter Eddie Templeton was out exploring in Mississippi when he came across a remarkable find in a steep embankment. It appeared to be part of an ice-age elephant tusk.
The fossil was intact, making it an « extremely rare find for Mississippi », the state’s Department of Environmental Quality announced on its website on Aug.

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