400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger than their modern-day cousins. Their evolution has long been a mystery to ...

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull remained a ...

At one time, poaching was the biggest threat to elephants in Africa. As these majestic creatures were slaughtered by the thousands for their tusks, it became abundantly clear that African elephants ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that prehistoric humans butchered giant straight-tusked elephants 300,000-400,000 years ago. They believe it represents the earliest known butchery of these ...

An international team, involving researchers from the University of Seville, the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences in Granada and the University of Huelva, has identified the first fossilised ...

Early Europeans butchered elephants and made tools from their bones 400,000 years ago, reveals new research. Analysis of several sites near modern-day Rome in central Italy shows "consistent" evidence ...

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an incredible time when the Earth was going through immense ...

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