A fossilized elephant skull discovered in northern India’s Kashmir Valley offers a rare glimpse into the evolutionary history of one of Earth’s most impressive megafauna. This remarkable find ...

Eurasia and Africa were once populated by 13-tonne, 4 metre tall elephants, but their evolution has long remained a puzzle. A giant fossil skull from Kashmir paves way to unlocking their mysteries.

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull ...

Giant prehistoric elephant skull from India belongs to mysterious extinct species. University of Helsinki. Journal Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology DOI 10.1080/02724634.2024.2396821.

Noting the distinctive skull crest of P. namadicus, Falconer remarked that it was "so grotesquely constructed that it looks the caricature of an elephant's head in a periwig." Giant elephants in ...