A fossil discovery near Pampore, Kashmir, sheds light on the interaction between ancient humans and the environment of the Middle Pleistocene. Nestled within a valley bordered by the Himalayan ranges, ...

After an intense study of the mammoth's genetic code, scientists have engineered 'woolly' mice with altered fur thickness, color, and texture to recreate the extinct elephant's adaptations to the cold ...

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in India. During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the Sport Ecology research group at the ...

Ancient humans hunted a now-extinct species of elephant 12,000 years ago in Chile, according to a new study. Photo from PLOS One Thousands of years ago, early humans were hunting massive animals in ...

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 ...

An imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering the Kashmir Valley, 400 thousand years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer traversing by. In the distance, a small band ...

Scientists studied stone tools, bone flakes and rare elephant remains at a middle Pleistocene site. Their findings shed light on the evolution of giant elephants and humans alike. During the late ...