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Hunting Elephants

Prof. Ran Barkai from Tel Aviv University holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy in an undated picture. (Tel Aviv University)
May 20, 2026, 10:07 pm
Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say
New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop smaller, more sophisticated tools 200,000 years ago
By Rossella Tercatin
Prof. Ran Barkai from Tel Aviv University holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy in an undated picture. (Tel Aviv University)
June 5, 2025, 8:27 am
Prehistoric elephant jerky? Early humans preserved megafauna meat in a smokehouse
New Israeli research suggests large game was smoked as early as 1.8 million years ago, a survival strategy that may have helped shape human evolution far before BBQs took hold
By Rossella Tercatin
An illustration of early humans hunting an elephant using spears. (Courtesy Tel Aviv University)
September 7, 2023, 4:49 pm
Ancient humans in Israel once ate elephants. When tusks went bust, weapons improved
A new paper from researchers at Tel Aviv University proposes a link between the disappearance of large prey and advancements in hunting and technology
By Melanie Lidman
American hunter Aaron Raby shoots an elephant for sport. (Screenshot, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
September 8, 2020, 7:42 pm
El Al to ban shipments of hunting trophies, after US elephant killer’s interest
People for Ethical Treatment of Animals gets airline’s commitment as US hunter reportedly suggests using El Al to ship dead elephant home
By Sue Surkes
In this file photo taken Tuesday, March 9, 2010, elephants use their trunks to smell for possible danger in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya. The Trump administration is lifting a federal ban on the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)
November 18, 2017, 9:29 pm
Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies
Officials said the decision should be put on hold until the situation in Zimbabwe stabilizes
By Donna Cassata
The opening of the 30th Jerusalem Film Festival (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
July 5, 2013, 1:42 am
J’lem film fest goes ‘Hunting Elephants’
Thousands gather for annual outdoor screening, drinking beer and cozying under blankets in the cool night air
By Jessica Steinberg
Patrick Stewart speaks to reporters in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Aug. 9 (image capture: Channel 2)
August 10, 2012, 3:07 am
Patrick Stewart, Israeli movie star
Star Trek’s legendary Captain Jean-Luc Picard signs on to play a British peer in Reshef Levy’s ‘Hunting Elephants’
By Ron Friedman
John Cleese during his Monty Python days. (screen capture: Youtube)
May 20, 2012, 5:19 pm
John Cleese, Israeli movie star
Monty Python legend signs on to play a British peer in Reshef Levy’s ‘Hunting Elephants’
By Gabe Fisher
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