Less than two metres away from a cluster of fossil elephant tracks was a round feature, 57cm in diameter, containing concentric ring features. This can be related also to a remarkable ability that elephants possess: communicating by generating seismic waves. Elephant seismicitySince the 1980s, an ever-increasing body of literature has documented “elephant seismicity” and seismic communication through infrasound. This is interpreted as the San artist’s probable illustration of seismic communication between elephants. That elephant seismic communication might leave a trace fossil record has never been reported before, or even postulated.

Source: The Hindu January 17, 2024 02:11 UTC