Map of Cyprus showing the approximate position of fossil sites where dwarf elephants and hippos have been retrieved (map created by CJA Bradshaw) Map created by CJA Bradshaw, Flinders University.

If you look at a map of Cyprus, there is a line that cuts across the island like a scar. This is the buffer zone, a United Nations-controlled no-man’s land, also called the ‘Green Line’. It is a ...