In this introductory chapter of the interdisciplinary volume “Human-elephant interactions: from past to present”, we provide the background and the main questions of the archaeological, paleoanthropological and ethnographic ...

In recent decades, a significant number of Pleistocene (ca. 2.6 million years–10,000 years ago) open-air and cave sites yielding elephant or mammoth bones in direct association with hominin remains and/or lithic artifacts ...

Humans consumed megaherbivores, including proboscideans, throughout the Pleistocene. How- ever, there is a high potential for underappreciation of their relative importance to humans’ economy due to their potential relative ...