Elephants and Their Fossil Relatives: A 60 Million Year Journey

Asier Larramendi is a distinguished researcher on extinct elephants and the General Director of Eofauna Scientific Research. His work, published in leading journals, has made significant contributions to proboscidean morphometrics and vertebrate comparative anatomy. He has also consulted for TV productions. Marco P. Ferretti is associate professor of paleontology at the University of Camerino in Italy. Specializing in the systematics and evolution of fossil proboscideans, he has authored numerous scientific publications and participated in fieldwork across Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Born in 1967 in Taipei, Taiwan, Shu-yu Hsu studied art in college and worked as an illustrator, storyboard artist, and film art director. He also creates paleoart, illustrating and designing figurines of extinct animals, with his work featured in museums worldwide.