700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals a lost ecosystem shared by early humans in the Levant

October 8, 2026 · 4:00 pm 1 sources

Image: Phys.org

Coverage

More coverage

• 700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals a lost ecosystem shared by early humans in the Levant
  Phys.org · October 8, 2026 16:00
  A remarkably preserved elephant tooth previously recovered from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY-NBA)—a prehistoric site in northern Israel where early humans made stone tools some 700,000 years ago—has now enabled researchers to reconstruct a lush landscape of woodlands, wetlands and waterways from the…