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Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe


Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in Germany suggest these massive animals traveled hundreds of kilometers -- and that Neanderthals may have deliberately hunted them at the site.

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