Straight-tusked elephant
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The straight-tusked elephant is an extinct species of elephant that inhabited Europe and Western Asia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene. One of the largest known elephant species, mature fully gr
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Model of a straight-tusked elephant
Skeletons of Palaeoloxodon falconeri a sheep-sized dwarf elephant species thought to have descended from the straight-tusked elephant native to Sicily and Malta
Palaeoloxodon
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Palaeoloxodon is an extinct genus of elephant. It originated in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, and expanded into Eurasia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene. Palaeoloxodon contains the la
Straight-tusked elephant
…suggest they were scavenged and hunted by early humans, including Homo heidelbergensis and their Neanderthal successors. The species is part of the genus Palaeoloxodon (whose other members are also sometimes called straight-tusked elephants), which emerged in Africa during the Early Pleistocene, before dispersing…
Life restoration of Palaeoloxodon namadicus
Skull of Palaeoloxodon namadicus (top) and Palaeoloxodon naumanni (below), showing differences in the development of the parietal-occipital crest (labeled POC)