Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery
Preserved footprints of newborn pachyderms are
roughly the size of drink coaster, Science News, Sid Perkins
Fossilized Footprints Reveal an Ancient Elephant Nursery in Spain
Straight-tusked elephants as young as two months old trampled
around the area with their mothers, Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian
Magazine, September 20, 2021
The open access papers are:
Neto de Carvalho, C., Belaústegui, Z., Toscano, A., Muñiz, F., Belo, J.,
Galán, J.M., Gómez, P., Cáceres, L.M., Rodríguez-Vidal, J., Cunha, P.P.
and Cachão, M., 2021. First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants
(Palaeoloxodon antiquus). Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-16.
Mayoral, E., Díaz-Martínez, I., Duveau, J., Santos, A., Ramírez, A.R., Morales,
J.A., Morales, L.A. and Díaz-Delgado, R., 2021. Tracking late Pleistocene
Neandertals on the Iberian coast. Scientific reports, 11(1), pp.1-12.
Yours,
Paul H.