Fossil tracks may reveal an ancient elephant nursery
Preserved footprints of newborn pachyderms are
roughly the size of drink coaster, Science News, Sid Perkins
[www.sciencenews.org]

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
[www.smithsonianmag.com]

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.
[www.nature.com]

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.
[www.nature.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)