Strange, ShovelTusked Elephants Puzzled Paleontologists, Until Experts Took a Closer Look at Their Teeth
Jan 26, 2026
The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they could do a lot more than initially expected
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/strange-shovel-tusked-elephants-puzzled-paleontologists-until-experts-took-a-closer-look-at-their-teeth-180988064/
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