Paleoloxodon
Posted on 12/19/2012 4:13:23 AM PST by Renfield
Wild elephants living in North China 3,000 years ago belonged to the extinct genus Palaeoloxodon, scientists say.
They had previously been identified as Elephas maximus, the Asian elephant that still inhabits southern China.
The findings suggest that Palaeloxodon survived a further 7,000 years than was thought.
The team from China examined fossilised elephant teeth and ancient elephant-shaped bronzes for the study.
The research, published in Quaternary International was carried out by a group of scientists from Shaanxi Normal University and Northwest University in Xi'an and The Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing.....
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Paleoloxodon
Ping
that reminds me, I still want to hunt and kill a polar bear and a whale.
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Thanks Renfield. I wonder if the Tocharians ran into any? |
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that reminds me, I still want to hunt and kill a polar bear and a whale.
Gonna do it for God? Or just because you get off killing endangered and intelligent animals. (whales)
Just because I hate whales and polar bears actually.
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