The excavation site on the banks of the Jordan River (IMAGE)

Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona in the Galilee

The excavation site on the banks of the Jordan River

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The research focuses on a giant elephant molar and tusk fragments discovered alongside Acheulian stone tools at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (Daughters of Jacob Bridge), located in the Jordan Rift Valley, south of today's Hula Valley in northern Israel.

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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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