And it’s not.” The box was opened. What he saw inside — two yellowed teeth from a long-dead mastodon — stirred in Dr. Harris a thrill he hadn’t felt in years. “I was crazy excited ...

A homeowner in Scotchtown, New York discovered mastodon teeth while gardening, leading to the discovery of a fully preserved mastodon jaw. It was the first mastodon fossil found in the state in ...

“Immediately, even with very little experience with mastodon teeth, you know what they are when you see them because they are so distinctive,” said Harris, chair of the college’s Behavioral ...

Image of the mastodon teeth found in New York (main) and stock illustration of a woolly mammoth. Mastodons, which appeared similar to mammoths, roamed North American tens of thousands of years ago.