ist oc ene , ▁they ▁lived ▁across ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁Asia ▁and ▁East ▁and ▁Central ▁Africa , ▁and ▁in ▁Wal lace a ▁as ▁far ▁east ▁as ▁Tim or . ▁ ▁A ▁review ▁of ▁ 1 3 0 ▁papers ▁written ▁about ▁ 1 8 0 ▁different ▁sites ▁with ▁prob os cide an ▁remains ▁in ▁southern ▁China ▁revealed ▁Ste god on ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁more ▁common ▁than ▁Asian ▁ele ph ants ; ▁the ▁papers ▁gave ▁many ▁recent ▁radi oc ar bon ▁dates , ▁the ▁young est ▁being ▁ 2 , 1 5 0 ▁B CE ▁( 4 , 1 0 0 ▁B P ). ▁However , ▁Tur vey ▁et ▁al . ▁( 2 0 1 3 ) ▁reported ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁fa unal ▁ass embl ages ▁including ▁supposed ▁foss ils ▁of ▁Hol oc ene ▁Ste god on ▁( from ▁Gul in , ▁S ich uan ▁Province ) ▁is ▁actually ▁late ▁Ple ist oc ene ▁in ▁age ; ▁other ▁supposed ▁foss ils ▁of ▁Hol oc ene ▁ste god ont s ▁were ▁lost ▁and ▁their ▁age ▁cannot ▁be ▁verified . ▁The ▁authors ▁concluded ▁that ▁the ▁latest ▁confirmed ▁occurr ences ▁of ▁Ste god on ▁from ▁China ▁are ▁from ▁the ▁late ▁Ple ist oc ene , ▁and ▁that ▁its ▁Hol oc ene ▁surv ival ▁cannot ▁be ▁subst anti ated . ▁ ▁Mor ph ology ▁ ▁Size ▁Ste god on ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁prob os cide ans , ▁along ▁with ▁more ▁derived ▁gener a . ▁S . ▁zd ans ky ▁is ▁known ▁from ▁an ▁old ▁male ▁(