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Huge 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton with 8-foot tusks discovered in Germany
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mirror.co.ukArchaeologists in Germany have uncovered the remains of an enormous elephant dating back around 300,000 years. The almost-complete skeleton was discovered by experts from the University of Tubingen in Schöningen.
Jordi Serangeli, head of the excavation, said: “We found both 2.3-metre-long tusks, the complete lower jaw, numerous vertebrae and ribs as well as large bones belonging to three of the legs and even all five delicate hyoid bones." The elephant was an older female with worn teeth, according to archaeologist Ivo Verheijen.
He explained: “The animal had a shoulder height of about 3.2 metres and weighed about 6.8 tonnes - it was therefore larger than today's African elephant cows.” According to Mr Verheijen, the elephant probably died
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