The mastodon jaw and some other bone fragments were found in late September in a backyard near Scotchtown, a hamlet about 70 miles northwest of New York City, officials from the New York State ...

Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilised mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year. The mastodon jaw and some ...

the man immediately contacted local specialists. Experts from the New York State Museum and the State University of New York (SUNY) quickly confirmed the importance of the fossil. The mandible belongs ...

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.

Experts unearthed a well-preserved mastodon jaw, as well as a piece of a toe bone and a rib fragment (New York State Museum via AP) Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilised mastodon jaw ...