Archaeologists have discovered that prehistoric humans butchered an unusual species of elephant 300,000-400,000 years ago.

The discovery of 300,000 to 400,000-year-old elephant fossils and stone tools in India provides evidence of early human ...

A massive fossil skull of an extinct elephant unearthed in northern India’s Kashmir Valley has provided valuable insight ...

A breakthrough fossil discovery is changing what we know about some of the largest mammals to ever walk the Earth.

Scientists have linked a fossilized elephant skull from Kashmir with another from Turkmenistan, identifying them as a distinct species of Palaeoloxodon. These findings could fill gaps in the ...

A giant fossil skull found in India’s Kashmir valley decades ago belongs to an unknown “straight-tusked” extinct elephant species, scientists say. The skull, along with nearly 90 stone tools ...

Elephants in South Africa repeatedly visit the carcasses of other elephants, and move the bones around. A team of researchers ...

The giant skull from a straight tusked elephantCredit: Steven Zhang A giant skull from a straight-tusked elephant known as the Palaeoloxodon was dug out from the quarry in 2000, followed by a ...

29.6 x 19.8 cm. (11.7 x 7.8 in.) Radierung. 1970. 29,6 x 19,8 cm (49,8 x 36,7 cm). Signiert, nummerert und mit "Pl. XVIII" bezeichnet. (12) Exemplar 55/100. – Cramer 131. – Erschienen im Verlag von ...

Most of the Pampore site's elephant remains came from one mature male Palaeoloxodon. The inside of its skull showed abnormal bone growth that likely resulted from a chronic sinus infection.

34.3 x 24.7 cm. (13.5 x 9.7 in.) ...