At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

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 ...

Archaeologists outside of Rome uncover ancient heavy-duty tools made from elephant bones over 400,000 years ago.

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat ...

Volcanic ash deposits above and below the bones at Casal Lumbroso date the carcass to around 404,000 years ago, during a warm ...

Learn more about the archaeological discovery of an ancient elephant carcass surrounded by hundreds of butchery tools.

Researchers in Italy discovered 400,000-year-old evidence that ancient humans butchered elephants for food and tools. At the Casal Lumbroso site near Rome, they found hundreds of bones and stone ...

Officials said they were seeking in part to control the elephant population. LONDON -- Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat ...

They’re majestic and impossible to ignore — it’s no wonder elephants have inspired some of the most powerful advertising ...

LONDON -- Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat from the carcasses will be distributed to people. The Zimbabwe Parks and ...

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 ...

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