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Giant Prehistoric Tusks Found in Greece

by Fidelity | July 27, 2007
"To find a tusk 5 meters (more than 16 feet) long, that was a big surprise."
- Evangelia Tsoukala; University of Thessaloniki

ATHENS, Greece - Researchers in northern Greece have uncovered two massive tusks of a prehistoric mastodon that roamed Europe more than 2 million years ago - tusks that could be the largest of their kind ever found.

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