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How a giant prehistoric elephant skull helped untangle an evolutionary mystery
This remarkable specimen was excavated, alongside 87 prehistoric stone tools ... What kind of elephant died there? And did this giant meet its end at the hands of early humans?
Ancient humans were feasting on giant elephants, reveals butchery evidence
In a stunning discovery, researchers have found fossils of ancient elephant species which hint that they may have been food ...
Giant mammal's bone from quarry donated to museum
An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is ...
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Bone of extinct giant elephant goes on show at Chatteris Museum
Visitors to a museum have the chance to see the bone of what is believed to have been the world’s largest ever land mammal, ...
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White Dwarfs
These ancient stars are incredibly dense. A teaspoonful of their matter would weigh as much on Earth as an elephant—5.5 tons ... the star becomes a large red giant. Because a red giant is ...
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Giant mammal's bone from quarry donated to museum
An ancient animal bone discovered in a quarry about 20 years ago has been donated to a museum. The bone from a palaeoloxodon - an extinct animal also known as a straight-tusked elephant which is ...