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This gradual uplift of land enabled the early ancestors of animals such as giraffes, elephants, rhinoceroses, cheetahs, and even humans, to roam between Africa and Asia. The appearance of the land ...

Stegodon ganesha is believed to be an ancestor of today's Asian elephants. "These fossils provide invaluable insight into the fauna of the Pleistocene period in this region," Professor Chopane said.

This gradual uplift of land enabled the early ancestors of animals such as giraffes, elephants, rhinoceroses, cheetahs, and even humans, to roam between Africa and Asia. The appearance of the land ...

Elephants appear to have evolved their long, grasping trunks as a result of climate change pressures on their ancestors millions of years ago. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus greatly exceeded the size of modern African elephants. Adults grew to around four meters tall at the shoulder and weighed about 10 tonnes. In a study recently published ...