The elephant tusk and its estimated original position (IMAGE)

Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee

The elephant tusk and its estimated original position

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The remains belong to Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the straight-tusked elephant, one of the largest land mammals of the Pleistocene. 

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Photos and illustrations courtesy of Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee and Hannah Farrell, University of Haifa

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