Neanderthals may have lived in larger groups than previously believed, hunting massive elephants that were up to three times bigger than those of today, according to a new study.
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The bones of around 70 elephants from the Pleistocene era were discovered in the 1980s in a huge coal quarry that has since been converted into an artificial lake. “This constitutes the first clear-cut evidence of elephant hunting in human evolution,” said Roebroeks, a professor of archeology at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
“They were actually shaping their environment, by fire… and also by having a big impact on the biggest animals that were around in the world at that time.”The researchers determined the elephants had been hunted — and not just scavenged — because of the age and sex profile of the remains found in the quarry.“It’s a typical selection made by hunters who went for the biggest prey,” Roebroeks said.
“An average male elephant of about 10 tons would have yielded something like, minimally, 2,500 daily portions for an adult Neanderthal,” Roebroeks said.
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