Buried for 1.8 million years: This ancient elephant tooth was finally found by an 11-year-old on a UK beach
- PC: New York PostA routine family outing along the Suffolk coast turned into an unexpected encounter with Britain's distant prehistoric past when an 11-year-old boy noticed an unusual object lying close to the water's edge.
- At first glance, it looked a little different from the countless stones scattered across the shoreline, yet its shape suggested it was something else entirely.
- The discovery has since been identified as the fossilised tooth of an elephant relative that disappeared from Europe long before modern humans existed.
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- PC: New York PostA routine family outing along the Suffolk coast turned into an unexpected encounter with Britain's distant prehistoric past when an 11-year-old boy noticed an unusual object lying close to the water's edge.
- At first glance, it looked a little different from the countless stones scattered across the shoreline, yet its shape suggested it was something else entirely.
- The discovery has since been identified as the fossilised tooth of an elephant relative that disappeared from Europe long before modern humans existed.
Sources: Times of India