
An incredibly unspoiled fossilized molar coming from an adult Pacific mastodon has actually appeared in a nature maintain near San Francisco.
Upon very first look, the ancient tooth appeared like an “oddly shaped rock” to geologists who were performing fieldwork in the location, according to a declaration from the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space (Midpen), which runs the protect. The discover was rapidly unmasked as an important fossil from the last ice age and was sent out to researchers at Stanford University for carbon dating
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