Syrian camel

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The "Syrian camel" is an extinct, undescribed, species of camel from Syria. It has been discovered in the Hummal area of the western Syrian Desert.{{cite web|url=http://elkowm.unibas.ch/Bilder/Publikationen/short-summary-2006.pdf |title=Research on the Paleolithic of the El Kowm area (Syria)] |date=2006 |publisher=University of Basel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230143542/http://elkowm.unibas.ch/Bilder/Publikationen/short-summary-2006.pdf | archive-date=30 December 2008}} Found to have existed around 100,000 years ago, the camel was up to {{cvt|3|m}} tall at the shoulder,{{cite book

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XhNzEAAAQBAJ&dq=Camelus+moreli+3&pg=PT119

| title = Néandertal, un parent: À la découverte de nos origines

| publisher = Delachaux et Niestlé

| date = June 17, 2022

| access-date = 28 August 2022

| author = Rebecca Wragg Sykes

| isbn = 9782603029688

}} and {{cvt|4|m}} tall overall.{{cite news|title=Giant camel fossil found in Syria|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6035113.stm|accessdate=17 April 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=10 October 2006|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927080959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6035113.stm|url-status=live}} The first of the fossils were discovered late in 2005, and several more were discovered about a year later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15214376|title=Scientists find more 'Syrian Camel' bones|website=NBC News|date=11 October 2006 |access-date=2022-05-14|archive-date=2022-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514093738/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna15214376|url-status=dead}} The camelid was found together with Middle Paleolithic human remains.