Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus
Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You're an accomplished sailor of the small ...
Humans likely wiped out Cyprus’ tiny hippos and elephants in record time
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Dwarf hippos and elephants in Cyprus ‘driven to extinction by just 3,000 people’
The Mediterranean nation was once home to the 500kg dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes) and the 130kg dwarf hippo ...
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Could early humans have caused extinction of Cyprus’ dwarf hippos?
Scientists have uncovered a mystery surrounding the extinction of dwarf hippos and dwarf elephants that once roamed Cyprus ...
Unraveling an ancient European extinction mystery: Disappearance of dwarf megafauna on paleolithic Cyprus
Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque ...
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Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus
In fact, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and many other islands had their own dwarf elephants and hippos. Island dwarfism — the process in which a once large, mainland species evolves to become ...
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Dwarf hippos and elephants in Cyprus ‘driven to extinction by just 3,000 people’
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 ...
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Stone Age People Drove Dwarf Hippos, Elephants To Extinction On Cyprus? Study Says...
In fact, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia and many other islands had their own dwarf elephants and hippos. Island dwarfism — the process in which a once large, mainland species evolves to become ...