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Fossil Footprints Reveal Oldest Elephant Herd

The world’s oldest elephant tracks have now been revealed, 7-million-year-old footprints in the Arabian Desert, researchers say.

These prehistoric footsteps, likely the work of some 13 four-tusked elephant ancestors, are the earliest direct evidence of how the ancestors of modern elephants interacted socially, and the oldest evidence of an elephant herd.

The researchers went on to say “it appears these ancient elephants were in the process of beating up a herd of rhinos at the time the footprints were made.”