And boy, with shoulder height of up to 4.2 m and weighing about 11-15 t each, these #elephants have been quite some giant and quite commanding figures.

Here the reconstructed specimen at Pfännerhall #Geiseltal, based on the bones of individual E8 from the #NeumarkNord 1 site.

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The original #NeumarkNord site should've been somewhere around here (the whole former pit mine a rather idyllic lake and recreation area today).

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Here contrasted with an actual excavation situation of some of the 125,000 y/o #elephant bones (with #Neanderthal-caused butchering cut marks) at #NeumarkNord 1 (as seen in the #Pfännerhall exhibition).

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And, wow, have they been huge (quite some intimidating quarry):

A shoulder height of up to 4.2 m, weighing about 11-15 t. 🐘😲

(Here a reconstructed specimen at Pfännerhall #Geiseltal, based on the bones of individual E8 from the #NeumarkNord 1 site).