Human-elephant interactions: From past to present
Human-elephant interactions: From past to present n recent decades, a significant number of Pleistocene (ca. Many of them show strong evidence of acquisition and processing of proboscidean carcasses…
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Human-elephant interactions: From past to present
n recent decades, a significant number of Pleistocene (ca. Many of them show strong evidence of acquisition and processing of proboscidean carcasses by early humans, leading scientists to interpret them as "elephant butchering sites". 2.6 million years-10,000 years ago) open- air and cave sites yielding elephant or mammoth bones in direct association with hominin remains and/or lithic artifacts have been discovered in Eurasia, Africa and America.
The nature and degree of interactions between humans and elephants comprises an important field in palaeoanthropological studies since decades, but many questions remain still unanswered or partially explored. Indeed, proboscidean exploitation by early Homo has been proposed to have been critical for Palaeolithic human lifeways, influencing not only their subsistence, but also other aspects of early human evolution and adaptations.