Mac Dunwoody happened to be in the right place at the right time last summer, when he stumbled across a herd of 100 life-like elephants migrating along the scenic cliff walk on Newport, Rhode Island.

His notable acquisitions included three outstanding examples of the region's intricately carved elephant tusks—artifacts newly added to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art.

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

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