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Ancient Elephants Quickly Shrank Into Dwarfs on the Island of Sicily, DNA Suggests

Ancient Elephants Quickly Shrank Into Dwarfs on the Island of Sicily, DNA Suggests Share Filed to:axel barlow cenozoiccharles darwincycladesdodecanesedwarf elephantelephantsinsular dwarfismmammalspalaeoloxodonpleistocene extinctionsprehistoric cyprusquaternarystraight tusked elephant Reconstruction of an almost complete dwarf elephant skeleton found in the Puntali cave. (Photo: Archives of the Gemmellaro Geological Museum) Tens of thousands of years ago, so-called dwarf elephants inhabited the island of Sicily off the coast of Italy. Apparently, it didn’t take long for these elephants to shrink after their arrival on the island. New research suggests that the 9 tonne behemoths that originally came to Sicily slimmed down quickly, losing as much as 180 kg on average with each generation.

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