Current potential distribution of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in Europe. The coloring represents the probability of occurrence, with grey indicating “very unlikely” and dark ...

Europe, too, had an elephant: the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) lived on our continent for about 700,000 years. The species survived multiple ice ages before becoming extinct ...

Current potential distribution of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in Europe. The colouring represents the probability of occurrence, with grey indicating “very unlikely ...

At the same location, fossils of another extinct elephant-like species, Elephas namadicus, were also found, which was confirmed by the discovery of its remains. Retired Professor Avinash Nanda ...

The distinctive elephant molar teeth were determined to be those of an Namadicus elephant, an extinct species close to the Naumann's elephant, which also lived in the Japanese archipelago.

But not too long ago, the straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus lived throughout the continent, leaving a lasting trace on the European terrain. An April 2025 study in Frontiers in ...

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more hominin fossils—a humerus and a femur from a new locality, Netankheri. The femur is derived from the Middle Pleistocene stratigraphic horizon as the Hathnora skullcap, and shares similar “archaic ...

Buckle up, hold tight, and prepare for an unforgettable adventure! The Paraceratherium, also known as Indricotherium, is an extinct genus of giant rhinoceros that lived approximately 34 to 23 million ...