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ARCHIVED · 2 LEFT · 2 CENTER · 0 RIGHT · Sep 12, 1:18 AM

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Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye

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This is a stored Optics snapshot.It preserves the source map and wording analysis from 9/12/2026, 1:18:27 AM.

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What happenedWell-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area.
What changedThe headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.
Archive healthLive match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

0WORDING GAP

4 sources · 2 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Mostly same. The outlets agree on the core event. The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Sep 11, 11:12 PM: The Independent joined the source map.

Sep 11, 11:12 PM: WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) joined the source map.

Sep 11, 11:12 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Sep 11, 11:13 PM: The Seattle Times joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 0/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Center-left ·News report
The Independent2h ago

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been...

Open source
Center-left ·News report
The Seattle Times48m ago

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the Bay Area on a habitat restoration project when something caught her eye.

Open source
Center ·News report
WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)48m ago

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turne...

Open source
Center ·News report
Washington's Top News (WTOP)2h ago

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn’t look like the rocks she’d been studying caught her eye. It turne...

Open source