Woman Walking on California Beach Finds Ancient Mastodon Tooth

Woman Walking on California Beach Finds Ancient Mastodon Tooth
A Mastodon Tooth in the sand at an Aptos, Calif., beach in this May 26, 2023 photo. Jennifer Schuh via AP
The Associated Press
Updated:
0:00

APTOS, Calif.—A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon.

But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media blitz and a kind-hearted jogger to find it again.