How shifting climates may have shaped early elephants' trunks, For the press

A study of the evolution of longirostrine gomphotheres, an ancestor of the modern day elephant, suggests moving into open-land grazing helped develop their coiling and grasping trunks.

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The impact of climate change on elephants

How an Elephant's Trunk Manipulates Air to Eat and Drink

Asian elephant - Wikipedia

Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant

Elephants May Die Young Because of Climate Change, Study Says

Biomimetics, Free Full-Text

Project traces 60 million years of elephant evolution and how

Strategies of protected area use by Asian elephants in relation to

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