Rare 3,500-Year-Old Rhino Bones Unearthed In Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Evidence uncovered at an archaeological site near Coimbatore suggests that rhinoceroses once inhabited southern India, far beyond their historically assumed range. Researchers in Tamil Nadu have identified bone remains from the animal at a Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western Ghats, with analysis indicating the material is around 3,500 years old. The find calls into question prevailing views that the species was restricted to the northern and north-eastern regions of the subcontinent.