Asian elephant outlives stegodon—advantage due to diverse diet
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 08:40
in Biology & Nature
Together with their Chinese colleagues, Senckenberg scientists studied the feeding habits of the Asian elephant and its extinct relative, the stegodon, during the Pleistocene. They reached the conclusion that the Asian elephant had a more diverse diet, which gave it a distinct advantage. The study was recently published in the scientific journal Quaternary Science Reviews.