The prehistoric beasts that roamed ancient Britain – including giant ‘Irish Elk’ with 12ft antlers and 13-ton elephants
IN the icy and swampy pasts of the ancient British Isles, colossal creatures were free to roam. Much has changed in the ...
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Greek scientists digitally reconstruct skull of 200,000-year-old dwarf hippopotamus
or competition with deer that arrived on Crete in the late Pleistocene played a role. During the Pleistocene, the genus Hippopotamus spread to many islands, including Cyprus, Madagascar ...
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New study reconstructs the skull of ancient Cretan hippo
or competition with deer that arrived on Crete in the late Middle to Late Pleistocene. Ongoing research aims to determine the exact causes," says Gerkakis. Despite going extinct, many of their ...