New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Early Europeans butchered elephants and made tools from their bones 400,000 years ago, reveals new research. Analysis of several sites near modern-day Rome in central Italy shows "consistent" evidence ...

At one time, poaching was the biggest threat to elephants in Africa. As these majestic creatures were slaughtered by the thousands for their tusks, it became abundantly clear that African elephants ...

400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger than their modern-day cousins. Their evolution has long been a mystery to ...

In India, the process of training an elephant has changed little since ancient times. They captured elephants in the wild because they are difficult to breed and maintain for years in captivity. Male ...

As with all life forms, elephants have evolved over time from ungulates to near ungulates or subungulates as they are called today. Their unusually shaped feet are quite similar to that of ungulates, ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that prehistoric humans butchered giant straight-tusked elephants 300,000-400,000 years ago. They believe it represents the earliest known butchery of these ...