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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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Fossil Of Elephant Nearly 8-Million-Years-Old Found In UP's Saharanpur
The fossil of an elephant was discovered from the Siwalik sediments exposed in the vicinity of Badshahi Bagh area in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.
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These Boys Thought They'd Found 'A Big, Fat Rotten Cow.' It Was A 1 Million-Year-Old Fossil
Two boys in New Mexico discovered the fossilized skull of a Stegomastodon, estimated to be more than 1 million years old. The now-extinct ancient relative of the elephant had two enormous tusks that curved upward and stood nearly 9 feet tall
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Huge elephant bird egg gets $101,813 at UK auction
A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction.
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Rare Fossils From Extinct Elephants Document Earliest Instance of Butchery in India’s Kashmir Valley
In the Kashmir Valley, rare fossils from extinct elephants reveal the earliest evidence of human butchery in India, dating back 300,000 to 400,000 years. The discovery includes stone tools used to extract bone marrow, offering insight into early human behaviour in the region. These fossils, from the extinct elephant species Palaeoloxodon turkmenicu...
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Fossil Of Elephant Nearly 8-Million-Years-Old Found In UP's Saharanpur
The fossil of an elephant was discovered from the Siwalik sediments exposed in the vicinity of Badshahi Bagh area in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.
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These Boys Thought They'd Found 'A Big, Fat Rotten Cow.' It Was A 1 Million-Year-Old Fossil
Two boys in New Mexico discovered the fossilized skull of a Stegomastodon, estimated to be more than 1 million years old. The now-extinct ancient relative of the elephant had two enormous tusks that curved upward and stood nearly 9 feet tall
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Huge elephant bird egg gets $101,813 at UK auction
A massive, partly fossilized egg laid by a now-extinct elephant bird has sold for more than double its estimate at a London auction.
