A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing helped develop their coiling and grasping trunks.
Project traces 60 million years of elephant evolution and how
The impact of climate change on elephants
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Elephant teeth: how they evolved to cope with climate change
Hunting alters animal genetics. Some elephants are even losing
Elephants have evolved to be tuskless because of ivory poaching, a
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How elephants got their incredible iconic trunks •
Airborne' elephant dangles from a crane by its feet in award
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What an elephant's tooth teaches us about evolution
Size Matters: Forest Elephants Important For Ecosystems And Humans