Some people want hippopotamuses for Christmasbut a man in Scotchtown, New York, got a mastodon.
A Dutch farmer unearthed the first mastodon found in North America in Claverack, New York, in 1705.
Suffice to say, southern New York was mastodon central back in the day.
The recently discovered mastodon tooth.Photo: New York State Museum
But there are somedifferences; mastodon heads were flatter and their tusks were less curvy.
Im thrilled that our property has yielded such an important find for the scientific community.
According to the museum, the fossil will be put on display sometime in 2025.
The mastodon teeth. Photo: New York State Museum
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Now, scientists say it belonged to a Denisovan man.
