Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Handaxe from the Boxgrove paleosol horizon (locality Q2/GTP 17). (CREDIT: Science Advances) The earliest hominins in Europe shared ...

Researchers have re-analysed a set of elephant bones and a wooden spear found in Germany in 1948, which provide compelling ...

In 1948, a group of amateurs led by a local headmaster in Lehringen, Germany, uncovered the skeleton of a straight-tusked ...

Based on the incision locations, the team believes that Neanderthals sliced open their roughly 30-year-old male prey’s chest ...

I can't imagine seeing an elephant running toward me in a battle. Terrifying.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Hannibal’s use of elephants as a weapon of war wielded by his Carthaginian forces is etched into history, depicted in art and literature for more ...

Scientists found the oldest known elephant bone tool in Europe at a site in the United Kingdom where elephant remains are scarce. The 500,000-year-old tool was used for knapping, or breaking flint and ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Elephants head towards hay delivered by Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) Ranger Josphat Wangigi (not seen) at the Amboseli National Park as feed-aid for forage deprived herbivores hard hit by drought on ...

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ever to exist on Earth. Elephants weighed around ten thousand kilograms ...