According to a Live Science report, archaeologists have discovered the gomphothere, an extinct relative of the elephant, which was discovered along with the weapons used for its hunting. The animal was smaller in size than a mammoth or mastodon, but had four sharp tusks for defense as compensation. The discovery was made on a ranch in northwestern Sonora, Mexico, along with some 13,400-year-old … [Read more...]
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