Archaeologists outside of Rome uncover ancient heavy-duty tools made from elephant bones over 400,000 years ago.

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

Researchers in Italy discovered 400,000-year-old evidence that ancient humans butchered elephants for food and tools. At the ...

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