During the Eocene Epoch, which spanned 56-34 million years ago, gigantic ancient elephant-like animals began to roam through grasslands and forests. While similar in look to their modern ...

It was the most complete fossil elephant skull from India that the ... this makes it the oldest unambiguous site documenting prehistoric human activity in the Indian subcontinent.

They roamed the ancient British Isles ... A warm 'interglacial' period roughly 700,000 years ago saw straight-tusked elephants inhabit mild-tempered forests in the UK. Adult males could reach ...

Although there is no direct evidence of hunting, such as spear points embedded in the bones, researchers conclude that these prehistoric humans exploited the carcass of the elephant. Flakes from ...

Comparison of the walking pattern of the modern elephants and of the fossil footprints suggests that the ancient elephants must have been significantly larger than their modern Asian counterparts ...