Fun fact: The Bison Trail takes its name from the Bison antiquus, an extinct form of modern bison whose fossils can be seen at the park’s Hudson-Meng Research and Education Center.

The word ‘antique’ comes from the Latin word ‘antiquus,’ which means old. An antique is a piece of decor that is primarily a work of art and was made in a different period. Something that ...

Europe isn’t known for its elephants. At least, the three species of elephant that traverse Earth today — the African elephants Loxodonta africana and Loxodonta cyclotis and the Asian elephant Elephas ...

Current potential distribution of the straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in Europe. The colouring represents the probability of occurrence, with grey indicating “very unlikely ...

Europe’s lost landscape sculptors: Today’s potential range of the extinct elephant Palaeoloxodon antiquus. Frontiers of Biogeography, 2025; 18 DOI: 10.21425/fob.18.135081 ...

The now-extinct but once-plentiful Bison antiquus —a bigger, taller cousin of the bison we know today, each weighing as much as 4,400 pounds—would make for quite a meal if you managed to bring ...

In fact, the Turkmen skull was thought to be an aberrant individual of the European species, Palaeoloxodon antiquus.” “With the Pampore skull added to the mix, we can now show that Palaeoloxodon ...

The 100 most downloaded articles in Earth sciences, environmental sciences and ecology published in Scientific Reports in 2024 ...

Object Details Collector Collector Unknown Record Last Modified 4 Nov 2024 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date -- -- 18-- USNM Number 95921 Preparation Skin: Whole Sex unknown Place Locality Unknown ...

Giant elephant skull found in Himalayas leaves scientists perplexed Fossil found in Kashmir valley quarter century ago could represent missing link in elephant evolution, researchers say ...

Over two decades ago, a team from the University of Jammu uncovered the giant fossilized skull of an extinct elephant species in India’s Kashmir Valley. The remains were uncovered along with 87 ...