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How to eat an elephant: Fossil find in Tanzania shows oldest signs of butchering these giant mammals
- April 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape of what is now Tanzania nearly two million years ago. Now, imagine a group of our ancestors standing over its carcass, then butchering it and eating it.
Originally published at Phys.org