Pit find in Germany reveals how Neanderthals hunted huge elephants

125,000-year-old bones of 70 animals - each about three times the size of today's Asian elephants - discovered near Halle

Neanderthals may have lived in larger groups than previously believed, hunting massive elephants that were up to three times bigger than those of today, according to a new study.

The researchers reached their conclusions, published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, based on examinations of the 125,000-year-old skeletal remains of straight-tusked elephants found near Halle in central Germany.