• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The structure of their skulls also resembles those of elephants, so it’s possible they also had long trunks.

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      This is an old theory that is no longer supported by most paleontologists AFAIK. Trunks require specific musculature, more blood vessels, and more nerves than a regular nose does, and those things leave evidence in the structure of the facial bones.