500,000-year-old giant elephant tusk discovered in Israel(1/6)

Archaeologists work at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

A 500,000-year-old elephant tusk was discovered in Israel's southern coastal plain. The 2.5-meter-long tusk fossil, which belonged to a straight-tusked elephant known as Palaeoloxodon antiquus apparently appeared in the region about 800,000 years ago and became extinct 400,000 years ago.

An archaeologist works at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Archaeologists work at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

An archaeologist works at the discovery site near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel,Aug. 31, 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Ancient prehistoric tools are found at the site where a 2.5-meter-long tusk from an ancient straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel, Aug. 31 2022. (Photo/Agencies)

Prehistoric finds are pictured at the site where Israeli archaeologists, paleontologists and conservators uncovered a 2.5-meter-long tusk from an ancient straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus), near Kibbutz Revadim in southern Israel, Aug. 31 2022. (Photo/Agencies)