Because the bones were mostly found in alluvial deposits, he concluded that they belonged to animals that had died elsewhere and were carried to their new location by floodwaters. Many elephant fossils found in Italy are not those of the elephants we know today.
فقد استنتج ان هذه العظام التي عُثر على غالبيتها في رواسب طمّية تعود الى حيوانات ماتت في مكان آخر ثم جُرفت الى هناك بفعل مياه فيضان .‏