Israel discovers 500,000-year-old giant elephant tusk

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Israel discovers 500,000-year-old giant elephant tusk

STORY: Israel discovers 500,000-year-old giant elephant tusk DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. shots of the archaeological excavation near Kibbutz Revadim 2. shots of archaeologists working at the site 3. shots of old elephant tusk 4. shots of archaeologist measuring the old elephant tusk STORYLINE: A 500,000-year-old elephant tusk was discovered in Israel's southern coastal plain, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday. The 2.5-meter-long tusk fossil, which belonged to a straight-tusked elephant known as Palaeoloxodon antiquus, was unearthed and being researched by the IAA, Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University, according to the IAA. The discovery sheds new light on the fascinating life of prehistoric humanity, especially their hunting habits, it said. This gigantic species apparently appeared in the region about 800,000 years ago and became extinct 400,000 years ago, it added. Previous archaeological fin

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