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NPCA shares the latest archaeological discovery at Mammoth Cave National Park, which has a pretty fascinating human history, too.

Paleontologists at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed an ancient shark species previously unknown to science.

According to Live Science, the hunter was exploring the O2 Ranch in Brewster and Presidio counties near Big Bend National Park when he spotted a mammoth tusk lying in the drainage area of a creek bed.

When Director Bryon Schroeder and Archaeologist Erika Blecha arrived at the ranch with other experts, they confirmed that what had been found was not just a fossil, but a mammoth tusk.

Some of the oldest mammoth fossils have been hidden in the permafrost for centuries. Today the permafrost is rapidly thawing as a result of climate change, and fossils are washing into the Adycha ...

“The fossil discoveries in Mammoth Cave continue to reveal a wealth of new information about ancient shark species,” said Superintendent Barclay Trimble. “Researchers and volunteers ...

Researchers plan to carbon date the tusk to get an idea of how old it is, Schroeder said. The last time a mammoth tusk was found in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas was in the 1960s, roughly a decade ...