Walking with Lucy, the fossil, into the future
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A tooth from the Ice Age: Mastodon fossil found in San Francisco Bay Area
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- Geomorphologist Brigid Lynch identified the fossil during restoration project
- Tooth well-preserved with crown and root, valuable for future research
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