Diagram showing elephant evolution. Diagram showing elephant evolution. Julien Benoit Once it reached Europe, the Palaeoloxodon antiquus had to adapt to new conditions. One of its new homes was ...

Sometimes, it pays big dividends. It certainly did in 1976, when paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill and a colleague were tossing elephant dung at each other in Laetoli, a hominid archeological site ...

It's also, "really an amazing example of extreme evolution," she said. Extreme elephant evolution These ancient elephants evolved from a common elephant ancestor, the straight-tusked elephant ...