How a 400,000-year-old elephant skeleton solved a tantalizing puzzle of early human behavior

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...
Ancient Origins

Ancient Humans Butchered Giant Elephants and Crafted Tools from Bones

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...