Archaeologists in Spain found a single elephant bone among Carthaginian weapons, offering rare physical evidence linked to ...

Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing ...

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...

An elephant bone discovered in Spain may date to the time of Hannibal's battles against the Romans. A 2,200-year-old bone ...

‘Remarkable’ prehistoric elephant bone tool is oldest in Europe, archaeologists reveal - Archaeologists said the 500,000-year-old tool was fashioned by ‘ingenious’ prehistoric ancestors ...

P. antiquus grew as large as 13 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed over 29,000 pounds. At a fossil site in Rome, Italy paleontologists uncovered a set of straight-tusked elephant remains dating ...

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

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male ...

Discovered during excavations at Boxgrove in West Sussex, the ancient hammer is among the oldest elephant bone tools ever found. Dated to 480,000 years ago, it’s more than 30,000 years older than any ...

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 ...

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, ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England and analyzed by archaeologists from UCL and the Natural ...