Elephants in ancient China Elephants in ancient China The existence of elephants in ancient China is attested both by archaeological evidence and by depictions in Chinese artwork. Long thought to belong to an extinct subspecies of Asian elephants, named "Elephas maximus rubridens", they lived in Central and Southern China before the 14th century BC. They once occurred as far north as Anyang, Henan in northern China. The elephant is mentioned in the earliest received texts, including the "Shijing", "Liji", and "Zuozhuan." The oracle bone script and bronzeware script glyphs for elephant are pictographic depictions of an animal with a long trunk. Their modern descendant
Mastodon discography second studio album, "Leviathan", in August 2004. In February 2006, Mastodon released two records — first, a compilation of their first two EP's, titled "Call of the Mastodon", and shortly after, the video album, "The Workhorse Chronicles". In the same year, Mastodon released their major label debut, "Blood Mountain" through Reprise Records, peaking at number 32 on the "Billboard" 200 chart. Mastodon then released "Crack the Skye" in 2009, "The Hunter" in 2011, and "Once More 'Round the Sun" in 2014, which entered the "Billboard" 200 at number 11, number 10, and number 6 respectively. Mastodon discography The discography of