Ancient humans in Italy butchered elephants and made tools from their bones

Researchers in Italy discovered 400,000-year-old evidence that ancient humans butchered elephants for food and tools. At the Casal Lumbroso site near Rome, they found hundreds of bones and stone implements, many showing impact marks from butchery. The findings reveal a consistent prehistoric strategy for resource use during warmer Middle Pleistocene periods.

source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251012054612.htm