Pre-Neanderthal hominins hunted(?) giant elephant

Adam Khor · 20-09-2013 8:16pm #1

Suggested by 420.000 year old fossils found in England:

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-giant-prehistoric-elephant-slaughtered-early.html

According to some sources straight-tusked elephant or Palaeoloxodon antiquus could weigh up to 10 tons (heavier than a T-Rex).

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Galvasean · 21-09-2013 11:11am

10 tonnes? That's about two modern elephants! :O

Rubecula · 21-09-2013 1:14pm

That is awesome, what a beast.

Kess73 · 24-09-2013 9:04am

Galvasean wrote: »

10 tonnes? That's about two modern elephants! :O

The African elephant reaches that weight and there are confirmed specimens on record of that weight and one or two that are reputed to have been much heavier.

Galvasean · 24-09-2013 8:01pm

Kess73 wrote: »

The African elephant reaches that weight and there are confirmed specimens on record of that weight and one or two that are reputed to have been much heavier.

Huh. I had no idea.

Adam Khor · 24-09-2013 10:27pm

It is true, I think the biggest elephant on record was like 12 tons, a true monster.
But those are exceptional; the prehistoric one was still bigger than most elephants, and just imagine how monstrous an exceptional individual of that species would be...:cool:

Pre-Neanderthal hominins hunted(?) giant elephant

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