The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they ...

This Paleolithic hammer found in the village of Boxgrove is the oldest tool made of elephant bone that's ever been unearthed ...

“Collecting and shaping an elephant bone fragment and then using it on multiple occasions to shape and sharpen stone tools ...

‘Remarkable’ prehistoric elephant bone tool is oldest in Europe, archaeologists reveal - Archaeologists said the 500,000-year ...

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...

As with all life forms, elephants have evolved over time from ungulates to near ungulates or subungulates as they are called today. Their unusually shaped feet are quite similar to that of ungulates, ...

Discovered during excavations at Boxgrove in West Sussex, the ancient hammer is among the oldest elephant bone tools ever ...

A new study has uncovered the likely cause behind the mysterious disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Researchers have concluded that ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of years before agriculture emerged. According to the study’s co-authors, the ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...