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I am very happy to share our last paper on #proboscidean #macroevolution, a fruitful collaboration between paleontologists from Spain, Finland, UK and Argentina. The main conclusions in this thread (1/n)
nature.com/articles/s4155…
nature.com/articles/s4155…
Elephants are almost mystic animals, and the idyllic sight of these giants in the wild may suggest that places like this one in Samburu have been unchanged for millions of years. (2/n)
Photograph by Michael Nichols / National Geographic Society
Photograph by Michael Nichols / National Geographic Society
But elephants are in fact the last relics of a lineage that just 3 Ma had more than 30 species inhabiting Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. More than 180 species have been described in the fossil record!!! (3/n)
