Sunday, September 13, 2026

A Mastodon Tooth From the Ice Age Is Discovered in a California Creek...+the importance of coprolites!

A Mastodon Tooth From the Ice Age Is Discovered in a California Creek (Thanks to Kabir for this one)

A researcher surveying a San Mateo County creek stumbled upon a preserved Pacific mastodon molar estimated to be at least 10,000 years old.

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A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived 

 A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived 

A bleached-looking mastodon tooth in a creek.