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 the island of Sicily and, as is ...

Human Evolution. Backgrounder. Laetoli Trackways Diagram: ... when paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill and a colleague were tossing elephant dung at each other in Laetoli, ...

The juvenile Sicilian dwarf elephant. It had hair to help it keep warm. Maiya Focht These ancient elephants evolved from a common elephant ancestor, the straight-tusked elephant, which was even ...

The elephant survey data gave them an idea where to look: Because the tuskless elephants were female, they focused on the X chromosome. (Females have two X chromosomes; males have one X and one Y ...