The Evolution of Elephants

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Elephants form protective circle

When an earthquake hit, these elephants formed a protective circle around their youngest

When the ground started shaking, a herd of African elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed a protective barrier, known as an "alert circle," around their youngest. Experts say it's a demonstration of their sharp instincts,

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Elephants form circle around their young after an earthquake

Video shows elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park stand back-to-back in a circle after an earthquake struck the area on April 14.

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When an earthquake struck San Diego, these elephants formed an 'alert circle'

When a 5.2 earthquake hit near San Diego, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park caught its elephants on video taking action to protect their young, forming what experts call an "alert circle."

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Evolution and taxonomy of African elephants

Genetic research has raised the possibility that the two classic forms of elephant in Africa are separate species rather than subspecies of Loxodonta africana. Museum research has uncovered ...

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Elephants Mourn Their Dead and Revisit Gravesites

A hush falls over the African savanna as a group of elephants stands quietly around the bones of one of their own. Their ...

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Elephants as a new model for understanding human evolution

"Our hypothesis of self-domestication in elephants has exciting potential for future research in other species", concludes Raviv. "It can inform our understanding of the evolution of prosocial ...

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Evolution and taxonomy of Asian elephants

Focus: Studying the fossil origins of the Asian elephant, and the status of living subspecies such as the Borneo elephant. Museum researchers are studying the morphology of Borneo elephants, an ...

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Mirror Image

"This [study] presents an interesting picture as we try to understand the evolution of intelligence." Only one of the elephants, named Happy, completed the highest level of mirror self-recognition ...

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