Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas ...

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat and raw materials, according to a study published October 8, 2025 in the ...

Ancient hominins needed the right stone tools to butcher their meals, a long-lived technique of food preparation that helped our ancestors' bellies stay full. A 430,000-year-old set of stone tools ...

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(a) Archaeological and paleontological deposit at Casal Lumbroso, Rome, Italy, and (b) drawing of the large mammal bones exposed on the main surface ...

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat and raw materials, according to a study published October 8, 2025 in the ...