[ScienceD] Giant prehistoric elephant slaughtered by early humans

[Science Daily]

Giant prehistoric elephant slaughtered by early humans

Archaeologists have found evidence that early humans, who lived thousands of years before Neanderthals, were able to work together in groups to hunt and slaughter animals as large as the prehistoric elephant.


http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/science...085710.htm

[GizBeat]

This kind of stuff fascinates me. 500,000 years ago is such a staggering, hard to imagine time ago, in terms of our ancestors. We are but a tiny blip, and the way of life for most of the world has changed so much in just the last 100 years.