Warwickshire in 100 Objects: Straight-tusked Elephant Vertebra From Bubbenhall

Straight-tusked Elephant Vertebra From Bubbenhall | Image courtesy of Warwickshire Museum
Straight-tusked Elephant Vertebra From Bubbenhall
Image courtesy of Warwickshire Museum

Vertebra (backbone) of an extinct straight-tusked elephant from sand and gravel Bubbenhall, Warwickshire. These elephants lived in Warwickshire nearly half a million years ago, alongside our human ancestors Homo heidelbergensis.