Earliest known European common hippopotamus fossil reveals their Middle Pleistocene dispersal - Phys.org
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Modern hippos first dispersed in Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, according to a study published Nov. 22, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Beniamino Mecozzi of the Sapienza University of Rome and colleagues.