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Boy stumbles on strange beach object identified as rare 1.8M-year-old fossil
An 11-year-old boy in England discovered a 1.8-million-year-old fossilized elephant tooth from the species Anancus arvernensis on a Suffolk beach. The family identified the tooth as originating from a Red Crag cliff formation, likely eroded and washed ashore.
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