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She has been working in journalism for seven years. New York State Museum A full jaw belonging to a prehistoric Mastodon has been unearthed in a New York homeowner’s backyard. The jaw and other ...

SCOTCHTOWN, N.Y. — Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year.

One surefire way to brighten an archaeologist's day? Bring him a box of mastodon bones. That's what happened to Cory Harris when a couple walked into his office at the State University of New ...

Mastodon announced Monday that it's shifting its structure over the next six months to become wholly owned by a European nonprofit organization—"affirming the intent that Mastodon should not be ...

The jawbone was determined by researchers from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange to be from a mastodon, an ancient elephant-like species that went extinct around 10,000 years ago.

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