We are studying the effect of dramatic environmental changes over the last 800,000 years on the origin and diversification of dwarf elephants and dwarf deer. This work forms a natural experiment in ...

Map of Cyprus showing the approximate position of fossil sites where dwarf elephants and hippos have been retrieved (map created by CJA Bradshaw) Map created by CJA Bradshaw, Flinders University.

The remains of these elephants were first discovered in 2000 near the town of Pampore, but the identity of the fossils, cause of death and evidence of human intervention remained unknown until now.