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Oct 4, 2021 · By examining the European fossil record, the research team show that the Westbury Cave hippo was likely to have lived during a particularly warm period around 1.1 to 1.0 million years...
Palaeobiologists have unearthed the earliest evidence yet of hippos in the UK. Excavations at Westbury Cave in Somerset, led by University of Leicester PhD student Neil Adams, uncovered a million-year-old hippo tooth which shows the animal roamed Britain much earlier than previously thought.
Oct 9, 2021 · A newly discovered hippo tooth reveals prehistoric hippopotamuses roamed Britain as early as 1.5 million years ago, far earlier than we thought, giving us new insights into the land's ancient climate.
The study, published in the Journal of Quaternary Science and co-authored with researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London, said the tooth was identified as belonging to an extinct...
Oct 4, 2021 · A fossil of an extinct species of hippo that is over one million years old has been discovered in Somerset by researchers at Royal Holloway, University of London and the University of Leicester.
Nov 30, 2020 · Even though they kill around 500 people a year in Africa, National Geographic says that hippos are a vulnerable species and their numbers are decreasing. “They're threatened by habitat loss and illegal hunting, as they're targeted for their meat and ivory canine teeth.”. – Taryn Willows.
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Oct 4, 2021 · The discovery of a million-year-old tooth is the earliest evidence to date of giant hippos in the UK. In a new study, scientists have matched the tooth to an extinct species of hippo called Hippopotamus antiquus.
