Evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants takes news outlets by storm

Published on 03 February 2023

Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has published an article about this together with his German colleague Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser in the Science Advances journal. The breakthrough takes global news outlets by storm.

Below you will find a selection of news media covering the story:

English language

• NewScientist
• The Guardian
• Science.org
• New York Times
• CNN
• IFLScience

Dutch language

• NRC
• NOS

• human origins
• liveable planet
• neanderthals