Simulation shows brutal execution method involving an elephant that is ‘one of the worst deaths in history’
There's a brutal execution method which would give you 'one of the worst deaths in history', and it's basically letting an ...
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Prehistoric Quicksand In Spain Proved To Be A Deadly Trap For Extinct Elephants, Yet Humans And Hyenas Were Able To Walk Across It Without Sinking
More than a million years ago, a prehistoric "quicksand trap" caused numerous elephants to perish. A team of researchers from institutions in Spain was studying an archaeological site called ...
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When Elephants Got Weird
When Elephants Got Weird Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025 Elephants are some of the most iconic animals today, but their ancient relatives looked drastically different. From ...
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Woolly mammoths one step closer to de-extinction — thanks to ‘woolly mice’ created by biotech firm
Biotech firm Colossal Biosciences is behind the effort to resurrect the prehistoric elephant ancestor, believed to have gone extinct between 4,000 and 10,000 years ago. Colossal Biosciences ...
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Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...
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Tooth ‘mammoth’ discovery
Remains of an ancient elephant discovered earlier this year in western Missouri make it among the oldest mammoths found in North America, Lawrence paleontologists have determined. Craig Sundell ...
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Elephants in temples: Why cling to a cruel, archaic practice and call it ‘culture’
The Supreme Court's recent remark that using elephants in temple celebrations is part of our culture highlights how ...
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1.5 million years ago, human ancestors used hippo bones to make tools
The bones included those from ancient elephants and hippos. Credit: CSIC César Hernández Regal In this discovery, paleoarcheologists uncovered 27 tools mostly derived from ancient hippopotamus ...
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Southern elephant seals are adaptable—but they struggle when faced with both rapid climate change and human impacts
Our study focused on the Australasian lineage of southern elephant seals, drawing on samples from these ancient colonies. By ...