An international study in Quaternary Science Reviews has sought to bring some order into our understanding of giant straight-tusked elephant.
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About 800,000 years ago, a giant straight-tusked elephant migrated out of Africa and spread across Europe and Asia.
Marked by a huge head, the elephant divided into many species, such as Palaeoloxodon antiquus (in Europe), Palaeoloxodon namadicus (India) and Palaeoloxodon naumanni (Japan).
One key point of confusion was the different sizes of skull crests in fossils found in Europe. The new study has concluded that there was a single European species.
On the other hand, fossils found in Asia and East Africa represent distinct species that evolved.
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