The earliest ancestors of the elephant appeared in North Africa about 60 million years ago. Ancestors of the modern elephant spread to nearly all parts of the world, even crossing oceans. Elephant fossils have even been excavated in Taiwan.
最早的始祖象起源於六千萬年前的北非，大象祖先曾飄洋過海，周遊世界絕大多數地方，甚至彈丸之地台灣，都挖掘出大象化石。