Evolution, elephants, and trauma

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NY Times article is firewalled so unable to view it. I agree with Magoo's take on the situation except evolution will play a part as culling of large horned/tusked individuals will remove their genetic input from the population, in the same way environmentally disadvantaged traits will decrease over time.

It wasn't firewalled for me, no problem reading it.

So, the obvious question is whether you are a subscriber to the NY Times or one of their affiliates?