Mammoth Find: A Tusk Discovery Points to Big Bend’s Rich Ice Age Past
- Author
- Andrew Stuart
- Published
- Thu 08 May 2025
- Episode Link
- https://www.marfapublicradio.org/show/nature-notes/2025-05-08/mammoth-find-a-tusk-discovery-points-to-big-bends-rich-ice-age-past
In March, a hunter on the O2 Ranch south of Alpine found what appeared to be an ivory tusk in an arroyo bottom. Ranch Manager Will Juett contacted archeologists at Alpine’s Center for Big Bend Studies. They confirmed the find: this was a mammoth tusk.
