Related: "Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46917005 06-feb-2026 40 comments

At this rate, we're only a few years away from discovering evidence for Herodotus' giant ants.

Peissel claimed that was marmots and totally real, didn't they?

original title: Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants