One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now ...

Archaeologists outside of Rome uncover ancient heavy-duty tools made from elephant bones over 400,000 years ago.

At Rome’s Casal Lumbroso site, humans 400,000 years ago turned a dead elephant into food and tools—proof of astonishing ...

During a remarkably warm period 400,000 years ago, early humans living near what is now Rome regularly butchered massive straight-tusked elephants, using both their meat and bones as vital resources ...

Volcanic ash deposits above and below the bones at Casal Lumbroso date the carcass to around 404,000 years ago, during a warm ...