Giant elephant fossil discovered in Indonesia

A group of Indonesian paleontologists and scientists are now working on reassembling the remains of a large prehistoric elephant.

Considered as the largest and most complete skeleton ever found in the region. The elephant stood four meters (13-feet) tall five meters (16-feet) long and weighed more than 10 tons and is believed to have died about 200,000 years ago. At the moment, a team of fossil experts from the Geology Museum in Bandung, West Java are set to reconstruct and study the fossil in a laborious month-long excavation that will give clues in unveiling the origins of Asian mammoths and elephants. According to paleontologist Fachroel Aziz, who leads the 12-man skeletal reconstruction team, the shape of the elephant's teeth foretells that it was indeed very primitive. However, Aziz added that except for the fact that it's primitive, little else has been verified as to it's existence. Consequently, Gert van den Berg an Australian-based researcher at the Wollongong University. Test are uderway to determine the exact age and species. According to experts uncovering the mystery that covers the large primitive fossil will answer question that lingers around the morphology of Asian elephants.