Earth & Environment
A 700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth Reveals the Lost Landscape That Sustained Early Humans in the Levant
A 700,000-year-old elephant tooth from the Jordan Valley, analyzed using advanced techniques, has reconstructed a detailed picture of a lush ancient landscape that sustained early humans and megafauna. This multi-proxy approach offers a new model for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
David Grossman·October 31, 2026