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 ...

Giant elephant skull found in Himalayas leaves scientists perplexed. Fossil found in Kashmir valley quarter century ago could represent missing link in elephant evolution, researchers say ...

In less than a million years, evolutionary pressures caused that mega-elephant to morph into the Sicilian dwarf elephant represented by the fossil here. It was about 6.5 feet tall and weighed 1.7 ...

Instead, they stayed pretty similar until drier conditions drove the next burst of evolution. Professor Adrian Lister, a specialist in fossil mammals at the Natural History Museum who co-authored the ...

While investigating ancient DNA from the extinct straight-tusked elephant, researchers discovered facts that could cause a giant-sized shakeup of the evolutionary tree. A revised tree showing ...

Fossil teeth and deep-sea drilling are guiding scientists through the evolution of the largest living land animals. As Africa became increasingly arid over the past 10 million years, elephant teeth ...

DNA from the tooth of a mastodon that roamed up to 130,000 years ago suggests a new evolutionary timeline for elephants and their relatives — and perhaps humans, researchers say.