Fossil elephant cranium reveals key adaptations that enabled its species to thrive as grasslands spread across eastern Africa

A remarkably well-preserved fossil elephant cranium from Kenya is helping scientists understand how its species became the dominant elephant in eastern Africa several million years ago, a time when a cooler, drier climate allowed grasslands to spread and when habitually bipedal human ancestors first appeared on the landscape.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/11/211109120347.htm