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The elephants of the Ambrona valley

Miño de Medinaceli, Tierra de Medinaceli, Soria

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The elephants of the Ambrona valley

Historical milestone · Miño de Medinaceli, Tierra de Medinaceli, Soria

The Middle Pleistocene Acheulean deposits in the Ambrona valley have yielded remains of nearly fifty specimens of Palaeoloxodon antiquus, along with horses, bison and deer, in what was interpreted as an elephant graveyard.

hace unos 350.000 años

Photo: Friera (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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