Fossil dicovery

Fossil discovery about the modern day hippos

What have researchers long suspected about hippo ancestry? 
The researchers long suspected 
that hippos evolved from a family of plant eating.

They could they not confirm it because scientists could not verify the theory since the only fossils of ancient hippo’s discovered thus far.

This led Lihoreau and his team to search for hippo fossils. They wanted to find a jaw that appeared to be from an anthracotheres to find additional remains belonging to the ancient animal.

The finding with the teeth was so helpful. It was helpful because if they found the jaw then that will give them a clue to where the teeth was.

The ancient hippo weigh up to no more than 220 pounds. The animal the scientists believe it is related to are the modern day hippo. Lihoreau calls the hippo the real African mammal because it comes from Africa.