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Map of Cyprus showing the approximate position of fossil sites where dwarf elephants and hippos have been retrieved. Credit: ...

"Moo Deng" is seen with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Sept. 18, 2024. The new star ...

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and the 130kg dwarf hippo (Phanourios minor) but both disappeared within a century after hunter-gatherers arrived, researchers said. They argue the findings, published in the journal Proceedings ...

A small population of just 3,000 people may have caused dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants in the island of Cyprus to become extinct some 14,000 years ago, scientists believe. The Mediterranean ...